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Word: woodenish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seemed to be trying two at once. Half the paintings on show were piney, briny souvenirs of Kantor's summers at Monhegan, Me. They looked a little as though they had been pasted together with pine needles and pitch. The other half, not so successful, appeared to be woodenish mannequins with several heads, gilded and decorously draped with penciled nets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Three-Letter Man | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

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