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Word: polesden (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pomegranates, and 'low-downers.' I would most decidedly advise a man with a family and not much money against going to Australia." Reputedly such frankness has irritated Queen-Empress Mary, and, perhaps as a result, Dame Margaret was reported in despatches to have withdrawn to her estate, Polesden Lacey, Dorking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Uncouth Australians | 5/9/1927 | See Source »

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