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Word: stayless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...social airs, and he frankly looked down on anyone who was not a "gentleman." He loved good company, drank with relish but not to excess (the capacity of New York City's "toapers" astonished and disgusted him), and never missed a pretty face or a stayless figure. If anyone could rile him more thoroughly than a long-winded bore, it was a religious fanatic, and the inns of colonial America seemed to be cluttered with both types...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Doctor on Horseback | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

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