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

...instrument panel. He unwrapped it-more presents from grateful Germans: a little porcelain snail, some flowers, and a toy walrus made out of rat's fur. There was a note addressed: An unseren Blokade Flieger. Hensch could not read it, but he said: "Wait till my wife gets ahold of that. She'll start sending them food packages. She's always sending these Germans presents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRATEGY: Precision Operation | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

This is the last week of disbursing afloat and nobody is sure whether to shout for joy or join the Army. Our final exam will be laid out on the table for us on Saturday morning, and right now we are trying to think of some way to get ahold of an advance copy. Theories as to its nature are broached by almost everyone out of their subconscious desires for something suitable to their amount of acquired knowledge. Some of us are thinking of getting Eddie Rickenbacker in to pray...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL | 10/22/1943 | See Source »

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