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Word: viperish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...time sensationalist and wanderer of the world, was 56 and looked older until you got in a fight with him. Terry was resting from his labors by peddling snake oil medicine in country villages when he ran into Ruth, a young garage-owning widow with a viperish tongue. She liked him more than he liked her. She asked him over for a drink. When he left town next day she went with him. Terry had agreed to look after her for a year, because she wanted to try everything at least once. '"Everything" was apparently contained in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hard Babies | 1/26/1931 | See Source »

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