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Word: barks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bull dogs bark but little, but they have a reputation for holding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York Governors | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

...single bark might sacrifice a bite, so the bull dog shuts his mouth, grits his teeth and concentrates upon the job at hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York Governors | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

...enliven the cautious conversations at Rome, last week, came a fire eating, swashbuckling editorial from L'Impero, an arch-Fascist news organ which performs the sometimes useful function of a watch-puppy which can bark but not bite. Barked L'Impero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Revising Revived | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

Pennsylvania opened the game with two scores in the first two minutes and followed with two more in close succession before the first period ended, while the University horsemen were getting accustomed to the tan bark floor. Penn scored three goals in the second chukker and two more in the third. In the fourth chukker, however, the Crimson riders scored five goals in as many minutes over the Pennsylvania riders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNSYLVANIANS DOWN UNIVERSITY HORSEMEN | 3/21/1928 | See Source »

...Manhattan, Mrs. J. Stuart Tompkins read of Jacqueline, was piqued into bragging of Boulderwall, her Great Dane house dog. Never permitted to bark, Boulderwall's lips have learned to fashion sounds to the pattern of human speech. Intelligent, she answers simple questions in a voice that is clear, and high-pitched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Talkers | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

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