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Word: besaw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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Usage:

...Shawano, Wis., a correspondent of the Milwaukee Journal related an interview with one Alexander Besaw, 98, of Kenhena Indian Reservation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Boy | 5/23/1927 | See Source »

...Look," said Mr. Besaw, "here's something I'm going to show you. That's the stone hammer that the Indians were going to kill Captain John Smith with the time that Pocahontas rushed in and saved him. The old chief I got it from told me that. I was five years old and so drunk I could hardly stand up the day I took it out of his tent, after he'd been killed in a fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Boy | 5/23/1927 | See Source »

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