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Word: spied (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...originated, I believe, among the darkies of the South and the correct phrasing-without dialect-is "spirit and image." It was originally used in speaking of some person whose father or mother had passed on-and the colored folks would say-"the very spi't an' image of his daddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 11, 1937 | 10/11/1937 | See Source »

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