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Word: coveney (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Kansas City, a railroad pondered a request from a septuagenarian who wrote that he had had two operations, enclosed his hospital bill as proof, declared he could not abide another blizzard, prayed that the railroad would allow him a reservation to Florida. In Birmingham, Mich., Mrs. Richard J. Coveney put an ad in the paper for a maid "to live in, $15 a day. No cooking, cleaning, serving or laundry. . . . Loan of mink coat Thursdays and Sunday. Two children but mistress will take care of them. Maid's duties to answer door and telephone and create impression of luxury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 27, 1943 | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

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