Mencken's Pecksniffian

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THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE
by H. L. Mencken
Third Edition
New York: Alfred A. Knopf
1926

Chapter IV. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH TODAY.
Pg. 154: Apparently, even _virgin_ is still regarded (Pg. 155) as too frank in Philadelphia. (54)

54 Perhaps the Quaker influence is to blame. At all events, Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.