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Word: silvagni (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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Usage:

...without permission." They were surrounded at all times by a massed armada of gimlet-eyed chaperons, including 20 of their mamas, and a special platoon of Atlantic City matrons, hand-picked for their motherliness. Six well-armed Atlantic City cops, on "antiwolf patrol" under Acting Sergeant Robert Silvagni, flanked the girls wherever they went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dignity in Atlantic City | 9/20/1943 | See Source »

...redhead. They stalked back & forth across the stage in formal gowns, danced, sang and displayed in somber black bathing suits what used to win Miss America contests. Judging took so long that the master of ceremonies ran out of gags, took to reading comic strips aloud. Said Sergeant Silvagni's wife, a bathing-beauty expert: "I thought they'd be a bunch of dogs this time. But they're prettier than I expected. They're not made up too much, for a change. It's the Ingrid Bergman influence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dignity in Atlantic City | 9/20/1943 | See Source »

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