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Word: poshest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ottawa's lumber and railroad heir, the late John Frederick Booth (father-in-law to Erik, Prince of Denmark). The U.S.S.R. bought the vast pile when Ottawa and Moscow re-established relations two years ago. To the huge reception rooms, socialite Ottawans flock for the capital's poshest receptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Northern Neighbors | 6/5/1944 | See Source »

...revolt. Somehow or other the Viceroy and the white Britons he conscripted last week must manage to remain top dogs in India. This is going to be harder work than the bird-shooting, garden-partying and ceremony-going the able Scotsman has been doing at the Empire's poshest post for the past four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Viceroy into Roi | 7/8/1940 | See Source »

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