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Word: blinks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this book, two young bums, Blink Thomas and Author Tully, drift into "a scrawny town in a Western state." When they unhappily encounter a railroad detective, noted for his extreme lack of sympathy with bums, their troubles recommence. After eluding the detective they stumble into a "sapping day"-a roundup of hoboes by embattled farmers-are forced to run the gauntlet, finally escape to a deserted "jungle" and fall exhaustedly to sleep, only to wake in the arms of the police. A heartless judge gives them each 120 days in the county jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Submerged Tenth | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

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