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Word: vrain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Danny came to the dusty little Southwestern town of Vrain as a waif. A good-natured mechanic took him in, gave him a job. The local parson worried about Danny's education, but nothing was done about it till Professor W. Winston ("Dubya-Dubya") Burlington came to town on a forensic wave of Armistice Day patriotism, took Danny under his wing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Western Sandwich | 3/29/1937 | See Source »

...Robert Spring was the most expert of autograph forgers, the most blatant was a French contemporary named Vrain Lucas. Within eight years he produced and sold no less than 27,000 autograph manuscripts including a polite little note from Judas Iscariot to Mary Magdalene. His greatest mistake: composing a letter from Cleopatra to Julius Caesar in modern French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Forger Spring | 7/1/1935 | See Source »

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