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Word: baaa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pirogue, with one leg doubled under him, Adam Billiot furiously dug in his homemade paddle when he heard the starting bomb, jumped into a five-yard lead, zoomed past the fishermen's huts along the banks, crossed the finish line first, amid piercing pirogue yells of "Ay-la-baaa." But the first prize of $200 was not for Adam Billiot. After finishing his four-mile sprint he discovered that the bomb that sent him off was a prankster's firecracker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Piroguers | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...going to bow our heads after the election; bow in shame that the intelligent, patriotic people of this State did not have the sense or the courage to avert this disgrace? Shall Kansans be greeted by a gibing baaa, the cry of the billy goat, when they walk the streets of other States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Capric Candidate | 10/17/1932 | See Source »

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