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Word: sourpusses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1938-1938
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...defense sprang hard-boiled Novelist James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice, Serenade). Describing himself as one "known all over Baltimore as Sourpuss." Mr. Cain wrote to the Sim: "Polo is played by many different kinds of people now. ... [It is] within the means of most, even those of us who are on relief, as I have the honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: WPA Polo | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...statistical critic who reported on the cinema Love Finds Andy Hardy [TIME, Aug. 8] must have been an insurance agent, surely is a sourpuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 22, 1938 | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

...naturally pleased at TIME'S write-up of The Beacon, accompanied by my sourpuss photo in your issue of April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 9, 1938 | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

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