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Word: vapours (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...sketchbook a "Spiritual Communication." Possibly Blake intended it to be a recording of a conversation he had with the ghost of a flea (he sketched several of these: they look rather like Jiminy Cricket). The "communication" reads: "Can you think I can endure to be considered as a vapour arising from your food? I will leave you if you doubt I am of no greater importance than a butterfly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Graphics: Dialogue with a Flea | 4/21/1967 | See Source »

...they come? A girl all flaxon haired commented to her friend in smooth tones that left a vapour-trail of sophistication--meanwhile throwing a partly used ice cream cone down before her--"I don't normally come to these meat markets, but I was thirsty...

Author: By Charles F. Sabel, | Title: Weekly Yard Punch: Two Dogs Play the Game Admirably Well | 7/8/1966 | See Source »

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