Word: sobriquet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...abundantly, but without garnish. The two however, are not necessarily mutually exclusive. The best teacher combines progressive scholarship presented in an interesting way. These unfortunately are the exceptions, and many an entertaining course is denoted not by the subject matter, but by the name of the teacher, or his sobriquet...
...believe I am the creator of the sobriquet 'Tiger' with a capital 'T' as applied to M. Clémenceau." said Editor Emile Buré of the Paris daily L'Avenor last week. "I am proud of the achievement! It will perhaps furnish the only chisel ever likely to cut my name in the granite of History...