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Word: splaine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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Marquis has, after all, a wonderful ability for characterization. No matter with whom he is dealing he does so sympathetically. Mister Splain, a village drunk, a backslider, chicken thief; Cherry Saltus, the stupid, over-sexed girl who turns the town upside down by her adventures; Jim Shale, the grave-digger who is guilty of being an unconfessed free-thinker--these people the author neither reproaches nor encourages. He merely shows them to you as he understands them, with all the power of his insight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 3/1/1939 | See Source »

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