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Word: scampish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...musket from her moribund husband, although this one ran second in the balloting and won first place in three cities. Instead, it was Bryant Baker's striding figure of a woman whose skirts are blown backward in a prairie breeze, who carries a Bible in one hand, leads her scampish belligerent little boy with the other. This had received most votes in eleven cities; by far the largest total out of the 123,000 votes cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pioneers | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

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