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

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

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

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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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Soon after this a gaping quidnunc came to Sir Charles and told him Lady Bassett was felling trees in North Wood.

From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Charles Reade

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

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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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But last week quidnuncs had learned enough details to prove that the Administration has under consideration a vast new program of planned prosperity.

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Last week the quidnuncs of Cambridge, Mass, had the satisfaction of coupling the Government's gold chase with the professor's resignation.

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Is the co-partnership still strong and stable, Or are there signs of quarrel More than mere querulous quidnuncs invent To break companionship and mar content?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 27, 1890 by Various