Word: youngish
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...send a Republican Party delegate to any Youth Congress meeting until it purged "Communistic elements which, according to the Dies Committee, dominate it." He had chided Mrs. Roosevelt for chiding Mr. Hamilton. He had made public an attack on the Congress signed by Gene Tunney and four other youngish men. And at this meet ing he had promised there would be action...
...correct one, the next few minutes suggested to many an appalled observer that something had certainly sapped democracy's vigor. Read to the Senators was President Roosevelt's modest proposal for a small loan to Finland. It was not the only one to reach them. Youngish, independent Senator Prentiss Brown of Michigan (pop. 4,800,000) had proposed an outright loan of $60,000,000, but no action had been taken...
Couldn't you have said "blondish," "slimmish," or even "youngish"; but "fluttery...
...blondish, slimmish, youngish Hilda Davis flutter no more...
...trouble. In Manhattan to consult a specialist (he discovered an infected tooth), she was convinced by her son, Novelist John Evans, that a salon is needed. Mabel hopes to get a crowd like the old one ("They were young. They were magnetic. They had radiance."), is sure there are "youngish people who crave for something more satisfying than cafe society...