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Word: sprucest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Caracoling geldings in front of Fifth Avenue's sprucest barouche- distempered horseless carriages- sleek limousines-yachts, a succession of them, haughty and lithe, with these the Vanderbilts, in their generations, have spurned space. To this list of conveyances an addition was made last week-the fastest seaplane in the world. Harold Sterling, son of William K., had it built by Charles Kirkham, once of the Curtiss Company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Space-Spurning Scion | 9/1/1924 | See Source »

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