Employers, still influenced by a touch of 1930s Woosterism, liked the idea of recruiting a young graduate who had had a fling or two, even if it was with socialism.
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Woosterism
Synonyms for "woosterism"
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In his earliest appearances he favors an upper-class drawl and inane Bertie Woosterisms masking bursts of insight that solve frustrating cases his stolid friend Inspector Charles Parker cannot fathom.
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'Ah, the Julian calendar, yes. What-ho for jolly old Julian.' I winced; he never sounded more Jewish than when he came out with these Woosterisms.
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