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

...Wilks, vicar of St. John's in Holmfirth, England was startled in his study to hear the bell of his church given one sudden, unwonted Bong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Wedding Bell | 10/3/1932 | See Source »

...Bong? thought the vicar. It was Saturday. Hmmm, hmmm . . . must investigate. The vicar left his study, walked into the church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Wedding Bell | 10/3/1932 | See Source »

...slot-doorbell, introduced into The Netherlands but a short time ago, has swiftly become a best seller. Instead of ringing the house bell one drops a Dutch cent* into the slot, and when the intelligent mechanism has verified that the object dropped is a cent it goes "Bong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Game of Go Bong! | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

...despatch from Amsterdam described the Minister of Public Works as "enthusiastic" about the slot-doorbell, quoted His Excellency as determined to provide postmen with token coins which will enable them to play cheaply the game of making doors go "Bong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Game of Go Bong! | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

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