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Word: bawl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...called the fine news across the room to tell his secretary, found her tittering timorously and avoiding his look. Again he looked at his paper. Here was his name in print! What had he done? Dastardly impudence! Oh! . . . This was not the Wall Street Journal. He was reading the Bawl Street Journal, its gay, impish perfect imitation which the Manhattan Bond Club issues for its annual picnic. Now he could settle down to enjoy the neighborhood merriment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Lycidas | 8/16/1926 | See Source »

...that in this communication to the CRIMSON we were only acting up to the tradition of lamenting the institution of divisional examinations for Seniors. The early siege of Spring will partly excise this early lament. But you may rest assured that we are merely starting the ball (or "bawl") rolling, and that from now on there will be a flood of such Senior sonneteering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Groan From the Pit | 2/21/1925 | See Source »

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