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...will find other examples of old English usage: "that barn's as like his fadder as an he'd been spit out of his mouth." . . . The same saying is to be found in France: "C'est son père tout craché;" ". . . y reconnut man portrait tout craché," (Voltaire, Crépinade; see craché, Vol. I, p. 878, Dictionnaire de la Langue Française, edited by E. Littré; Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 1, 1937 | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

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