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Word: yusef (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...purely Jewish as their husbands). Julius turned up with an English wife and a new name: Justin Marmaduke Gooderson. Papa Mayer and Son Pincus shook their heads but made the best of it. But when Son David-Yusel came to town disguised by his wife as the Mohammedan Prince Yusef ben Mameluke, the shock was too much for his father. Whether or not he had died laughing, he left his chief blessing to the honest son who still rejoiced in his given name of Pincus Marmelstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pincus Wins | 6/4/1934 | See Source »

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