whilom

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"Hear, hear," interposed Lord Birkenhead, whilom "Galloper Smith."

From Time Magazine Archive

Five years ago, the whilom Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota, and the Hearst press, suggested Dr. Copeland for President.

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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.

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For some time the Russian Soviet Government has had as its Minister to Poland whilom aristocratic Prince Obolensky.

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The whilom farm-servant of La Fromenti�re began to mount the hill beside the farm; clad in his russet work-day clothes he walked with difficulty as if worn out with fatigue.

From Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field by Bazin, Ren?