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Word: overdoes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Usage:

...cream (strawberry, chocolate); dipped tiny mugs of sweet, nonalcoholic punch. In redlined blue capes moved Red Cross nurses; the Red Cross ladies fussed with plates and spoons. Near, but tactfully hidden, waited a khaki colored Army ambulance. Men with 22-year-old wounds must not be overexcited, must not overdo-Trailed by uniformed aides strode Eleanor Roosevelt, summery in a long, pale blue dress, a white hat, to meet her guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Old Wounds | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

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