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Word: beeg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...apron pocket. Newsboy Heckman makes his appearance running down the street yelling: "Light's out! Light's out!" He interprets the headlines to suit himself. Last week, by force of invective, he got rid of a Mexican competitor who could read no English and shouted nothing but "Beeg Wreck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Old Timers | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

Aided by Pee-Wee Pete Bostwick (called by visiting Argentine players "Leetle man, beeg bump") at No. 1, blond Argentine Roberto Cavanagh (and his Irish brogue) at No. 2, and Jock Whitney at Back, Tommy Hitchcock had demonstrated this summer that he is still the best poloist in the world, despite the fact that he is playing his 26th season of competitive polo. In Meadow Brook's turquoise-blue stands, filled with 36,000 fans last week, there was many a rooter who had staked Tommy Hitchcock against the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Meadow Brook | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...Beeg Kees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 20, 1936 | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

...Bori in her dressing room she offered to give him a dollar bill. He told her that he could not think of accepting it-that he was more than repaid at having the opportunity of being so near to her. She then smiled and gave him a "great beeg kees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 20, 1936 | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

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