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Word: rewound (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prince Youssoupov boasts that he finally drew a revolver and put shot after shot into Rasputin. Even then the period before Death came was so appallingly long that the Grand Duke Dimitri is said to have rewound a phonograph 20 times in an effort to keep up the morale of all concerned. He later remarked with a shudder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Debauchee's Daughter | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

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