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Word: wose (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plate when he finished his dinner, but his wife was the sort of girl who lusted after little French restaurants, where the soup tastes "like a prism," and she was always happy to tell him what Whistler had said to Oscar Wilde. She teased his tastes ("Does it want wose-colored silk shades on the . . . wamps?"), and she caught him up briskly when he lapsed into vulgar speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How Awful It Is to Be Milt | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

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