Word: rude
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...usher in the movies, an amen-snorter in a Cumberland plateau camp-meeting, or a Dr. Frank Crane. Therefore, in any gathering of civilized men, they are compelled to remain silent, and this for two reasons: first, because they cannot understand the conversation; and second, because their remarks cause rude mirth. Hence their innate longing to criticise, deprived of its normal outlet, finds this vent, to the dismay, disgust, and despair of intelligent readers. E. M. WESTON 1G. E. R. DUNN...