whilom
Example Sentences
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Miss Bennett,* whilom "Baby Eva Tanguay" of vaudeville, looks like a street cherub with the legs of a high-jumper.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Hear, hear," interposed Lord Birkenhead, whilom "Galloper Smith."
From Time Magazine Archive
One question was whether he had given money to Albert Bacon Fall, whilom Secretary of the Interior.
From Time Magazine Archive
Old Joe Howard, the Gay Nineties song-&-dance man who wrote I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now and 500 other whilom favorites, is 72.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two whilom owners of silver watches opened their eyes wide.
From The Red Room by August Strindberg
