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Word: toitiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more aid. But official Washington preserved a stolid calm. One key official at the State Department dismissed the news as unimportant, conceding only that it had raised a few hackles here & there. Said he in a tone that would scarcely have been used by Britons at their hoitiest and toitiest in dealing with "natives": "Perhaps the Chinese have been a shade more independent recently, as if they wanted to show that China was not a rubber stamp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Diplomatic Attitude | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

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