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Word: swaggeringly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Humour is the note of the play, but humor does not exclude the gallant swagger of romance, and when the cook sallies out to fight the dragon, and . . . the right note is struck by a master hand; . . . the conversion of the Dragon to vegetarianism is a stroke of genius. Dickens at his best never contrived a better ending than Lady Gregory, or one more in keeping with the tone of the right kind of fairy story...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "DRAGON" MAKES INITIAL BOW TOMORROW EVENING | 12/6/1920 | See Source »

...told in a simple narrative style the experiences of that small part of the A.E.F. which came into direct contact with the English and Colonial soldiery. They have given a really pleasing picture of the dogged Britisher, and the kilted Scotsman, and the "Aussie" with his devil-may-care swagger. And they have revealed with a wealth of anecdote the warm relationships which sprang up between these veterans of three years and the American doughboy full of nervous energy, and with all the serious enthusiasm of a schoolboy...

Author: By D. W. B., | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 1/31/1920 | See Source »

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