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

They decided to "get" the sharecropper. Using a spoon and a beer opener, they chipped mortar away from the bricks of their cell in the ancient Attala County jail at Kosciusko. One night they broke out, armed themselves, got loose-mouthed and hot-eyed drunk on white lightning corn liquor, and then headed for the Negro's cabin again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSISSIPPI: Shooter's Chance | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

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