quidnunc

More than one quidnunc murmured: "Easy guess where the two Morrows are going, but where did they come from?"

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And down went Kramer in Round 24; after negotiating quidnunc, eclectic, and sarcophagus, he missed ratiocination.

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Supplementing her syndicated newspaper column, Hedda's program has helped her to move in on the domain of Louella Parsons, Hearst's quidnunc extraordinary, who used to have Hollywood in her pudgy palms.

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Editor Upshaw was no longer a quidnunc but a martyr and a St George.

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You can hide nothing from the quidnunc of Hanbridge.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

The U.S., said the quidnuncs, had alienated "world opinion" by sending its troops into Lebanon.

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Few political quidnuncs failed to agree that he had chosen the more astute choice.

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In each, however, enough non-Roosevelt votes were cast to set political quidnuncs to arguing on the significance, if any, of the loser's strength.

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On dull days, when there was nothing else to decide, Washington quidnuncs often decided that he was the king-sized nucleus of a new Brain Trust.

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A hundred thousand readers every week For solace in his commentaries seek, Swear by his arguments, and swear at those Which rival quidnuncs artfully oppose.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 1, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir