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

...sell War Loan VI. Hattie Carnegie, Manhattan couturier, went the Treasury one better. In windows usually devoted to high-priced chichi escapism, Hattie Carnegie tried realism. Her shocker set off protests: one customer complained that after seeing the display, she was unable to eat her lunch at the superswank Colony Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL,WYOMING: Six & Seven | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

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