panjandrum
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Roberts’ smoldering, high-beam intensity caught the attention of Joe Papp, a panjandrum of New York theater who cast Roberts in a Public Theater production of the Civil War drama “Rebel Women.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
Last week, U.S. readers could find out a good deal more about the panjandrum.
From Time Magazine Archive
She gave space to Robert Frost long before he became the panjandrum of U.S. poetry.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is the inventor and presiding panjandrum of two Manhattan eating places that establish him as a restaurateur-impresario sans pareil.
From Time Magazine Archive
I did not care for all this panjandrum of punctiliousness, but was, I hope, civil and chatty with everybody.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Samuel Smiles
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