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Word: launder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pretty funny. The rake (Rex Harrison) is an amiable, Noel Cowardish sort of cad whose inability to take anything very seriously causes no end of trouble to himself, his employers, his family, his chums and his ladyfriends. As played by Actor Harrison and manipulated by writers-directors-producers Frank Launder and Sydney Gilliat (one of Mr. Rank's brighter young production teams), the rake's fast, downhill progress is topnotch fun with a pleasant British accent. The fun holds up, and so does the picture, until all the actors suddenly wipe the smiles off their faces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 30, 1946 | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

...reduction in the size and number of items worn by women and the change in the nature of the materials . . . made it fairly easy for women students to launder them in the bathrooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: That's Where Their Money Goes | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

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