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Word: yokum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...original citizens of Dogpatch-Li'l Abner Yokum, his unbathed parents, and that delectable hill filly, Daisy Mae Scragg -are human enough to have their own poor but burning ambitions and prejudices. They are also so incredibly innocent that they can be duped by a child. The man or woman who does not gain some sense of superiority from their gullibility probably does not exist; and millions of red-blooded young men have clenched their fists with exasperation at Abner's failure to respond to the lovesick Daisy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Die Monstersinger | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

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