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Word: phonier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Life With Mother. A little phonier than Life With Father, but the same amount of fun (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway, Apr. 25, 1949 | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

Life With Mother. A little phonier than Life With Father, but just as much fun (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway, Nov. 29, 1948 | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...trouble with this kind of fancification of plot is that it blurs the issues-already sufficiently dramatic-which it is supposed to bring into more dramatic focus. When one unnecessary complication leads to another, they become progressively phonier. And for no good enough reason, these nice English people are represented here not merely as a confused couple, but also as squabbling M.P.s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Mar. 31, 1947 | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

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