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Word: snootful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fred ("Terrible Swede") Lundin had built a political machine second to none; Thompson coasted to a second term on the slogan "Freedom for Ireland." His last term (1927-31) was his most colorful. Elected on a promise to "punch King George's snoot" if that worthy ever visited Chicago, he found the city's school books filled with British propaganda, discerned a plot afoot to return the U.S. to the British Empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 27, 1944 | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

Warren & the West. Earl Warren enjoys being governor of California. But to him one of the best parts of the job is the chance it gives him to take the lead in safeguarding and building the future of the West. California used to snoot its smaller Western neighbors. But Governor Warren called the first conference of the governors of the eleven Western states at Salt Lake City last May. A third meeting will be held soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Man of the West | 1/31/1944 | See Source »

...SNOOT IF YOU MUST-Lucius Beebe-Applefon-Century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Everything the Best | 11/29/1943 | See Source »

Butlered Bon Ton. Last week Lucius made news again. Snoot If You Must is autobiography in the sense that Lucius' life, as reported by Author Beebe, has consisted chiefly of eating and dressing in public. The book reports Lucius' ad ventures with "butlered bon ton." Its index of exquisites runs from Abdy (Lady lya) to Zerbe (Jerome). It lists almost every gastronomic heaven from Manhattan to Hollywood, supplies food for every thing but thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Everything the Best | 11/29/1943 | See Source »

Best tidbits in Snoot If You Must are its stories. Samples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Everything the Best | 11/29/1943 | See Source »

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