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Harper’s Bazaar choose

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[US] Harper’s Bazaar Mar. 116/2: Pizazz, to quote the editor of the Harvard Lampoon, is an indefinable dynamic quality, the je ne sais quoi of function; as for instance, adding Scotch puts pizazz into a drink .
at pizzazz, n.
[US] Harper’s Bazaar June 24/2: A capacious week-ender in pale coffee-bean hide [OED].
at weekender, n.
[US] Harper’s Bazaar Jan. 54/1: His phone is ex-directory because of all the kinks who used to phone at 2 a.m.
at kink, n.3
[US] Harper’s Bazaar Apr. 124B: If you are not cold-turkeying, try to figure out which cigarettes are most important to you.
at cold turkey, v.
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