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Word: twerp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stop, and look. There is an unpleasant number of students in each of the Houses who will shortly be knocking on the Masters' study doors, aspiring and available young men who would be glad to take the burden of inter-House membership. These are just the kind of twerp politico types that the Student Council should not include in its membership. The reason Masters should appoint students is just that it is desirable to avoid the slick and often incompetent student-elected representatives, and to get more capable men in the student government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beware The Politician | 11/5/1958 | See Source »

...scowled, thought for a moment. "Get away from me you twerp," he said. But then he settled down and began to analyze the game--calling it just...

Author: By Peter L. Garrett, | Title: Caldwell Disappointed at Play in Traditional Fray | 11/6/1954 | See Source »

...into the Brando part, sued Marlon for $2,000 damages. Marlon settled the suit by agreeing to make Désirée, later gloated openly about his success in "copping a medical plea." After that, a Fox executive remarked: "The only good thing I can say about this twerp is that he doesn't like marijuana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Tiger in the Reeds | 10/11/1954 | See Source »

...filthy little twerp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stravinsky, Here I Come! | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

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