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

...Propose? We don't live that way. My wife and I have always had respect for law and order and decency. The Mayor has wavered so many times that no one's going to respect any of his laws...

Author: By David Sellinger, | Title: How I Won the War: Canvassing for John Lindsay | 11/10/1969 | See Source »

...That's true," his wife added. "Just two weeks ago, these kids threw firecrackers in the mailbox, and I called the police station, and it was a full forty-five minutes before anyone arrived...

Author: By David Sellinger, | Title: How I Won the War: Canvassing for John Lindsay | 11/10/1969 | See Source »

...Supposing it was an emergency." he interrupted. "Do you know that we've had muggings and robberies right here in our very elevator? Yes, right in the elevator. I won't let my wife walk into this building alone at night. I leave the car in front, bring her upstairs and then go back down to park the car in a garage. We're taxpayers. What does he do with all that money? This city just isn't safe anymore...

Author: By David Sellinger, | Title: How I Won the War: Canvassing for John Lindsay | 11/10/1969 | See Source »

...went down to his opera house last year just to see the way those people still dress, I hadn't been to one since the twenties. By accident, I got in, and when I got home, I felt so fancy that I didn't even talk to my wife. Now, none of those people have to worry about law and order...

Author: By David Sellinger, | Title: How I Won the War: Canvassing for John Lindsay | 11/10/1969 | See Source »

...nice squares they are friendly squares, they are lovable squares. They have your sympathies from the outset-not only by default, but because they really are swell people. They want to be able to smoke pot without coughing; they want to believe in Esalen; they want to dig wife-swapping. If they rather than Bob and Carol, had gone to Esalen, they might even have been saved...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Moviegoer Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice | 11/10/1969 | See Source »

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