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Word: 5ft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...fraulein would like to go on a two-week holiday to Bavaria by automobile, all expenses paid? Congenial and well-to-do gentleman seeks blonde at least five feet tall, not older than 23. She must not wear glasses." Stumm received 13 replies. He picked a slight (111-lb 5ft. 3-in.), dark-haired girl who wanted a holiday "awfully much." Later, Stumm reported that he had had a fine time. The girl had turned out to be quite a skier. Where was she now?" "I don't know. We said goodbye and she went back to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Love Wanted | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

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