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Word: bitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Davis' words amounted to an accusation of bad faith on the part of His Majesty's Government in general and on the part of Chancellor Chamberlain in particular. Not one bit abashed Sir John displayed his "lightning smile," called in correspondents and told them that in what Mr. Chamberlain said to the House of Commons he had been "misunderstood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Accord de Confiance | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

...Manhattan, one Stanley Podloudy, loiterer, forced Stanley Pietraszkiewitz, janitor, downstairs, tried to shove his head into a stove, broil him. Vexed, Stanley Pietraszkiewitz bit off Stanley Podloudy's left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Sandglasses | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

...Washington Park racetrack, Chicago, Paul Bunyan, racehorse, bit at a fly on his chest, bit himself, had to be withdrawn from his race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 11, 1932 | 7/11/1932 | See Source »

...Antioch, 111., convicted by a jury of having bitten the town marshal, Biter John Brogan dived into the jury box, rapidly bit eight jurors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 4, 1932 | 7/4/1932 | See Source »

...situation hasn't changed a bit," chirped Arthur ("Bugs"') Baer, another highly paid journalistic wisecracker. "The Wets are lined up against the Drys. And the Drys are lined up against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Show | 6/27/1932 | See Source »

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