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Word: subteen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lessons come not from the books in the Doctor's library but from what he calls "the whole alphabet of worldly maneuver." At the Baby Grand he learns how to drink beers with folks who have an exaggerated sense of his importance. "The trick there," says the wily subteen, "is to accept a new can when anybody offers and let your old one get drunk by somebody else." He devises a successful "Boy Act," to unnerve and run off "coroners," his collective description for the boring men who come courting his mother, and the marsh teaches the need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Five Auspicious, Artful and Amusing Debuts | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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