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Word: purseful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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This is a shrewd way of saying that there are 4,000 Nudists in France (with many more in Germany where the cult started). Within the French movement there are two sects, Les Grecs and Les Purs.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Les Grecs et Les Purs | 7/21/1930 | See Source »

At a sunparty on one of the societies' discreetly enclosed lawns, Les Grecs appear in classic Greek draperies of sheerest gauze. Les Purs appear in the scantiest of Chitons (shirts), barely conforming to the French law against absolute nudity

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Les Grecs et Les Purs | 7/21/1930 | See Source »

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