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Word: sprightlier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there was a renascence of sprightlier activity. In Los Angeles one Jim Moran, who had once sold an icebox to an Eskimo, was sitting on an ostrich egg. He wore a feather headdress, a pair of "hatching pants" and thought he would bring forth a small ostrich in 25 days. Newark had a "pants burglar," who came in through windows like a wraith, left a penny on the floor for his victims. In Ellensburg, Wash, an ex-cowpuncher named Larry Hightower was preparing to push a wheelbarrow around the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Super-Colossal | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

...Sprightlier female vocalizing may be heard on Que Puntadas (What a Flirt), sung by Lucha Reyes, a personality girl who works for Victor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: South of the Bravo | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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