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Word: whiffet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...Secretary Charles Francis Adams of the Navy dismissed from the Naval Reserve for wearing a U. S. uniform while making a liquor raid last July. "Lang," explained Mr. Schofield, "was made a martyr in the Navy and despite an honorable career was dismissed ... by a misguided and egotistic little whiffet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Philadelphia's Dodge | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

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