whilom

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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

His star candidate: "Kid" Lewis, whilom English middleweight champion, a pugilist of no political experience who will contest Whitechapel where he lives, is popular with the rabble.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Bennett,* whilom "Baby Eva Tanguay" of vaudeville, looks like a street cherub with the legs of a high-jumper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said whilom Ambassador to Britain Charles Gates Dawes who attended, "I believe it is unprecedented for the accredited representative of a foreign power to submit himself to cross-examination."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Look at um,” said the whilom shepherd, “an’ I be choked for aair.”

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard