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Word: strewing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ground-floor apartment, jammed with books, hung with of crowded with knickknacks, including herds of carved elephants trekking over shelves and mantel, Cummings entertains his friends. He sits in a straight chair tilted against the wall. Crumpled bills, spilled coins, dropped when he returned from his walk, strew the table at his side. His eyes light up - he has decided to needle one of those present. His tongue is sharp and witty, and he talks fast, sometimes out of the side of his mouth, with a mimic's art and the insistence of a barker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITY: Education, Nov. 3, 1952 | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

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