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Word: thickish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sculptor William Zorach, whose thickish handiwork stands in eight leading U.S. museums, got an offer from the state of Mississippi, turned it down the same day. No, he would not carve a monument to the late Senator Theodore G. ("The Man") Bilbo; he "could not face the world" if he did-and, offhand, he wasn't able to think of any sculptor who could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Working Class | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...born 64 years ago in a white frame farmhouse that punctuated an otherwise unbroken stretch of prairie in Guthrie County, Iowa. His forebears were Dutch-Scottish. The lad known as Earl Spangler was a thickish, indestructible, average boy who soaked up his book learning without much night work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mahout | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

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