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Word: woebegone (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

Garrison Keillor is the somewhat moonstruck and lately much celebrated rustic whimsyfier whose monologues from Lake Woebegon, Minn., embellish Public Radio's Saturday evening country-music broadcasts. The first response of an uninitiated listener is likely to be, "That fellow is being funny," and the second, uttered with reproach, "No, that fellow is being serious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Main Street's Shy Revisionist | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

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