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Word: wornout (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...France's King Louis Philippe in 1848, she confides to a friend that she sympathizes with the revolutionaries. To her, Victoria Regina is "our little humbug of a queen," and she suggests that the world's monarchs should be put into "a sort of Zoological Garden, where these wornout humbugs may be preserved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pride and Power Selections From George Eliot's Letters | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

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