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Word: stablehands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...suitably disguised) a verb seldom seen in polite English prose since Lady Chatterley's Lover. In fact, Slobodkin has assimilated himself so completely to the somewhat rancid life of his crewmates that some readers may feel that they have listened to a five-hour monologue by a seafaring stablehand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sculptor at Sea | 12/31/1945 | See Source »

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