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Word: sufferin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...with sequins, which swept away from her trim ankles. Her face was beautiful, with the rich, ripe beauty of southern darkness, a, deep bronze brown, like her bare arms. . . . She began her strange rites in a 'voice full of shoutin' and moanin' and prayin' and sufferin', a wild, rough Ethiopian voice, harsh and volcanic, released between rouged lips and the whitest of teeth, the singer swaying slightly to the rhythm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bessie's Blues | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

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