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Word: scroop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1961-1961
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...Brother Aloysius. Even the scenes in The Saga are hauntingly familiar: a garden party that is entertained by the Bidcombe Platinum Band recalls the garden party of Decline and Fall, with its Llanabba Silver Band. And Auberon has both his father's love of fantastic Dickensian names (Percy-Scroop-Beauchamp, Nurse Proudfoot, Mrs. Cod-Finger) and his hilarious sense of incongruity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Importance of Being Evelyn | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

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