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Word: wowserish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...kind of quotation from the great and near-great which seems more suited to an inspirational guide for speakers at businessmen's luncheons. He quotes Pearl Buck on idle U.S. women: "Work is the one supreme privilege which . . . will really make them free." And Emerson at his wowserish worst: "Five minutes of today are worth as much to me as five minutes in the next millennium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Chinese Babbitt | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

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