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Word: swooner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...presented him with a complete paratrooper's outfit and honorary membership in the division. Johnny is especially pleased about the G.I. reaction: "I used to be afraid the real soldiers wouldn't like me," he says, "but they don't seem to mind me being a swooner." The band's publicity-minded program director, Warrant Officer Paul Dudley, says with boding triumph: "Sinatra is apt to push; The Creamer just bides his time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Creamer | 3/12/1945 | See Source »

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