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Word: snuffer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...would the written small-talk charm? Would it scintillate and glitter? No, thought the editors of the Harvard Crimson (undergraduate daily). To test the well-known fact that a woman's wit is quenched by the sight of a sheet of paper like a candle by a wet snuffer, they last week invited the girls of Radcliffe College to contribute to their humorous column, The Crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Wit | 11/16/1925 | See Source »

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