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

...workers are accustomed to wash the shop up a bit, carry out of a few tons of rubbish, and then boast 'Our plant is just as clean as those of Ford.' This, of course, is nonsense. Ford has his smooth cement floors washed with soap three and four times a day. If the paint comes off anywhere a man shows up immediately with a brush and touches up the spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Soap, Shaves & Ford | 5/28/1934 | See Source »

Leverett House was thrown into quite a bit of confusion last week when Horvey Allen was scheduled to speak in the Junior Common Room on Friday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 5/23/1934 | See Source »

Someone even coyly suggested on the bulletin board where the announcement of Mr. Allen's speech was posted, that a copy be bought. As the day of reckoning approached and no "Anthony Adverse" appeared, House Master Murdock began to be a bit concerned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 5/23/1934 | See Source »

...quite a different matter for a team to cop the intercollegiate title from a field of some 37 colleges. It isn't perfect balance that counts there. If it were, Eddie Farrell could get a bit of sleep some of these nights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/22/1934 | See Source »

Felicia Terry followed the same diet, plus a bit of liver at dinner, and fell from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Diet Derby | 5/21/1934 | See Source »

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