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Word: porphyro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...heroine gets man by an old-time formula. Act II: romance wilts before love is done. Gas bills, grocers, butchers, goad the lovers into separation and sorrowing. Act III: comes reconciliation when the hero steals into his wife's bedroom for the same good reason that inspired young Porphyro to see Magdeline on the Eve of St. Agnes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hatrack, Revelry | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

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