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Word: spouter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Navy during World War II. During his work he made tapes of underwater sounds, later tried them out on an ancient mariner from the whaling port of New Bedford. One sound always got an instantaneous response from the ex-whaler: "That's a sperm snappin' his spouter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Chattering Whale | 8/19/1957 | See Source »

Matthew Neely is 75, a spouter of purple poetry and a wearer of tweed suits which come in shades of lemon and green. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, and a tireless joiner (Elk, Moose, Odd Fellow, Mason), Matt Neely is an ex-Congressman from West Virginia, served a term as governor of his state, is now in his fourth term as U.S. Senator. On the record, Senator Neely is a politician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: This Side of the Grave | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

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