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Word: wumman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hoots Then, Wumman!" Were they lovers? Tinsley's Magazine for October 1868 reported that the English gentry jokingly referred to the Queen (then 49) as "Mrs. Brown." Punch ran a satirical Court Circular detailing the doings of Mr. John Brown; another magazine published a cartoon of John Brown lolling against a vacant throne; a scurrilous pamphlet, "Mrs. John Brown," was circulated, with the claim that they were morganatic man and wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Study in Black & Brown | 3/2/1962 | See Source »

...pony cart and, a few yards away, Victoria and John Brown. Brown, pinning a plaid round the Queen's shoulders, apparently scratched her; she squealed and protested. "Brown offered no apology. He gave the Queen a kind of shake, clutched her more tightly and snapped: 'Hoots, then, wumman-can ye no hould yere heid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Study in Black & Brown | 3/2/1962 | See Source »

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