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[UK] F.S. Fitzgerald letter 18 June in Letters (1964) 164: Tom Boyd wrote me that Bridges had been a dodo about some Y.M.C.A. man.
at dodo, n.
[UK] F.S. Fitzgerald letter 20 Dec. in Letters (1964) 174: I thought The White Monkey was stinko.
at stinko, adj.
[UK] F.S. Fitzgerald letter c.27 Dec. in Letters (1964) 194: Saw Leslie also and went on some very high-tone parties.
at high-tone, adj.
[UK] F.S. Fitzgerald letter 2 Aug. in Letters (1964) 498: I do not destinate to signify that you were a wiseacre, witling, dizzard, chowderhead.
at chowder-head, n.
[UK] F.S. Fitzgerald letter 11 May in Letters (1964) 264: It was fine seeing you but I was in a scrappy mood about Tom Wolfe.
at scrappy, adj.
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