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Word: zographoo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years these gentlemen have run the baccarat banks at Deauville, Cannes, Monte Carlo. Biarritz, La Baule, Aix-les-Bains, Juan-les-Pins, Le Touquet. They have prospered to the extent of paying 25,000% in dividends to their 50-odd investors. Most famed member of the group is M. Zographoo, whose extravagance is voitures de grand sport (fast automobiles) and whose reputation for honesty is only equalled by his deftness with a baccarat "shoe" (dealing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Dashing Jack to the Rescue | 8/25/1930 | See Source »

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