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Word: pudukkottia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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Usage:

...touch of her hand frosted the glass, for she was very hot; only a mad woman would imbibe iced liquors at such a time?a mad woman, or a French woman. Onetime King Manuel of Portugal, Grand Duke Michael of Russia, ex-King George of Greece, the Rajah of Pudukkottia, watched the amber glass tilt up and up; the linesmen, the umpires and 4,000 of the smartest women and the richest men in Europe counted her rapid swallows. Nine, ten, eleven. . . The glass was empty. Suzanne Lenglen picked up her racquet, and faced once more the girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wills v. Lenglen | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

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