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Word: pooka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...biggest surprise of all, naturally, is "Harvey" himself. Harvey is the pooka, and the pooka is Harvey-he's the miracle that Elwood P. Dowd found leaning against a lamp post after a big night with the boys, and he quite thoroughly disturbs Elwood's sister, Vita, who thinks, but is not quite positive, that he is ruining her social reputation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 10/20/1944 | See Source »

...nudging Fay for honors is Josephine Hull, fresh from "Arsenic and Old Lace," and still possessed of a fresh and effervescent enough touch to carry some of "Harvey's" more lagging moments to an agreeable conclusion. Miss Hull is Vita; she loves her brother Elwood but that pooka has been scaring away all her guests. She tries to deposit Elwood in a straight jacket at Chumley's Rest, so she can forget the pooka and climb the social ladder with her niece, Myrtle. Naturally, she too becomes attached to Harvey before the affair is over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 10/20/1944 | See Source »

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