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Word: abash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...tough little man from Detroit had finally overreached himself. In New York a fierce rearguard action by Hoffa opponents threatened to throw into the courts Hoffa's scheme for seizing control of the Joint Council; the Hoffa-I.L.A. pact was temporarily stymied. None of this seemed to abash Jimmy Hoffa, a man who has survived the assaults of congressional investigations, the courts and rival union leaders. "Jimmy Hoffa," says Jimmy, "can take care of himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Leave It to Jimmy | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

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