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Word: bathtub (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...insurance solicitor, was accustomed, when circumstances permitted, to soak Madeleine La Verne Hall, his wife. Last week, suing George Hall for a separation, she specified this practice as an example of his alleged cruelty. Sic: "Accompanying his actions by violent language, he threw the plaintiff, fully dressed, into the bathtub and turned on the shower, drenching her, and thereby endangering her health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Aug. 27, 1928 | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

...into the place and found them reeling about like a lot of drunken hogs. It was the worst mess I ever saw. Bottles were being hurled about, men were fighting and two of them attacked me. We arrested the bellhop as he was serving liquor. [They] destroyed a whole bathtub of bottled liquor which was packed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Pennsylvania's Sheriffs | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

...wrestlers, oarsmen, swimmers, divers, gymnasts, fencers, yachtsmen, horsemen, cyclists, boxers, officials, etc., etc., boarded the Roosevelt, planned to live aboard the liner until its return August 19. With the U. S. Olympic team went three athletes, not team members, crossing as stowaways. Famed Sprinter Frank Hussey hid in a bathtub, was removed to the brig, ransomed by friends on board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comings & Goings: Jul. 23, 1928 | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

Through minute after minute Henry Ford watched the swift, straight, line of bathtub-cars with a fascinated gaze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Bathtub Cars | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

...Lord Bishop, 6 ft. 4 in., 225 Ibs., has a large bathtub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bathtub Bishop | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

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