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

...Oliver wears riding habit, carries cigars, and flourishes a cigarette lighter. The usurping Duke Frederick is decked out entirely in white, except for a diplomat's baldric-like red sash, and, with his beard, is a double for Peter Ustinov. For him Baker has invented (taking a cue from Violenta in All's Well?) a silent female companion who slinks about in a black gown and ling cigarette-holder, a refugee from a Charles Addams cartoon. The Duke's wrestler sports a checkered jacket and straw hat. Le Beau, complete with pseudo-French accent, wears white shoes and a monocle...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: As You Like It | 7/13/1961 | See Source »

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