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Word: ain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Received a call from Senator Magnus Johnson from Minnesota, after which the Senator was quoted as having told reporters: "Now boys, I ain't got anything much to say to you now. President Coolidge, he made a fine impression with me. And that's about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Oct. 15, 1923 | 10/15/1923 | See Source »

Correspondents were in accord as to the new Senator's dialect. He said for himself: "I ain't ignorant and a lot of this stuff that you read in the papers making me say things I didn't is all bunk. ... I didn't say that I didn't give a dam about books. I mean, I didn't say it that way. Some books ain't worth readin' and some are. I ain't got much time for 'em, but I would read 'em if I had time to read 'em.'' As for his favorite author, he declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magnus the Great | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

...What do youse think we are? We ain't go the time! R. SIMULSNI

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 3/8/1923 | See Source »

...roadside inns are sending out hurry calls for fowl. The King of the barnyard senses impending disaster from the look on the farmer's face. He loses his swagger and droops off in a corner. A turkey with an understanding heart remarks sympathetically, "It's great to be popular, ain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUITE THE COCKLE-DOODLE-DO | 12/4/1922 | See Source »

That is how I feel about the matter and the boys can send me tickets or not and if they do I will use them provide it I ain't got nothing better to do that P. M. like pairing my finger nails or attending the Del Sarte Lecture Club of Flushing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CROSS-EYED PARCHESI ON LINOLEUM RUGS NO GAME FOR AN OLD MAN | 11/11/1922 | See Source »

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