I can't think of any word that rhymes with colonel. Unless it's infernal.
— Grandpa (Harry Davenport)
4 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:08:57.508 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- Mama, I refuse to stay here while my sister's humiliated by these ghastly children.
- Now stop it, you two, or up you go.
- Truett. Knew it. That's pretty good.
- I can't think of any word that rhymes with colonel. Unless it's infernal.
- I must say, it's very difficult for a person to have any private life in this family.
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