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Word: spatient (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said one elegant oldtime spatient last week: "There used to be a time when one was sure to meet one's friends in Bath. But now one hardly knows anyone." Echoed a Bath specialist: "In a few years Bath will become so crowded and impossible that any person of quality will naturally go abroad for treatment." Was Beau Nash turning in his grave? Probably not; he used to pass his six-quart beaver among the swells to collect money for a mineral-water hospital available to all comers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: One Hardly Knows Anyone | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

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