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Word: sanctious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1934-1934
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...mother and child." The old man is "doing for" a neighbor's sick baby. From head to foot over the infant, lying on a table beneath his rapt gaze, he draws the red string from which he then plucks some invisible thing and casts it aside. He mutters "sanctious words," with his own hand scoops away the evil aura enveloping the small body. Smiling, he refuses payment from the reassured mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 19, 1934 | 2/19/1934 | See Source »

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