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Word: quainter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...three colleagues discovered, at their stunt theatres in Hoboken, the awkward charms of the dramas of the '60s, there has been a general scramble for these dusty manuscripts. This one is an Augustin Daly play, first produced in 1867, and, to make it just a little quainter, an old theatre in the Bowery has been resuscitated to house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Apr. 15, 1929 | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...Freshman basketball five will meet the strong Worcester Academy quainter this afternoon on the Academy court for their last game before the clash with the Yale yearlings, on Saturday. Although the Worcester team has not fared especially well this season, it has been defeated by the strongest of its opponents by only a few points, while the Crimson Freshmen have been showing stellar form throughout the season except for their defeat at the hands of the Andover five, which also defeated the Yale 1924 team last Saturday. In the last few games the Freshmen have been speeding up their team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1924 FACES WORCESTER ACADEMY | 3/2/1921 | See Source »

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