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Word: bellyband (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...flannel was at a premium. Every girl was sewing a red flannel bellyband for her favorite soldier, the theory being that it would keep out tropical fevers by day and the jungle damp by night. Private Charles Johnson Post was especially lucky. True, he had no ammunition when he left for the Spanish-American War, but he did have two gorgeous red bellybands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Quaint Little Hell | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

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