down-in-the-dumps

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Think of Mamie Eisenhower's exuberant pink frocks in the can-do post-War '50s; Rosalynnn Carter's recycled gown in the down-in-the-dumps' 70s, Jackie Kennedy regalness in the everything-is-possible '60s.

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  • Think of Mamie Eisenhower's exuberant pink frocks in the can-do post-War '50s; Rosalynnn Carter's recycled gown in the down-in-the-dumps' 70s, Jackie Kennedy regalness in the everything-is-possible '60s. —  Stylelist Feeds
  • Racetracks are invariably rundown, broken down, falling down-in-the-dumps piles of despair with an oval track in the middle. —  The Ukiah Daily Journal Forum
  • "A week ago, conservatives and most Republicans were down-in-the-dumps, listless, unengaged," Viguerie said. —  Sigmund, Carl and Alfred
  • ACLU, some crazy ones I found on the Newsmax site, etc. -and I've never received an email that sounded this down-in-the-dumps. —  Balloon Juice
  • Some get bitter and sever all ties with the ex, while others long for a chance meeting or reconciliation, and that is exactly the camp that down-in-the-dumps This Providence singer Dan Young belongs in. —  ASU Web Devil - ASU's Online News Source -
 

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