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Word: unchildish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...character combine to crush the Lawries and their connections under the weight of their own respectability. Some try to escape-James Lawrie via unintelligible humor and the pothouse-Annette, his daughter-in-law, by having quantities of children- Stephen, his youthful grandson, by retiring into his own entirely unchildish mind. The struggles of these and others against Destiny and the respectable furnish the theme of the book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Books: Jul. 2, 1923 | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

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