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Word: bottlesful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the Indians from Hanover come into town they usually manage to provide a weekend's entertainment for everyone in the vicinity without resorting to anything more than a few bottles of firewater. For those who tire of defending themselves against these Dartmouth pranksters, however, there will be plenty of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weekend Entertainment | 10/23/1948 | See Source »

Outside the open prison door they found a fat Sternist with thin red hair, lazily cracking fried watermelon seeds between his teeth. When a prison warden barred their entrance, the journalists appealed to the Sternist. He ushered them in and rounded up some fellow prisoners for a press conference. Prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Who's in Charge Here? | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

Pleadingly, the Russian turned to the interpreter. "Tell the colonel I will give him five bottles of vodka for the motorcycle. I have them right in my barracks."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Incident at the Widow Lehrte's | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

When the crowds drifted home, they stopped for beer and snacks. More refuse filled the streets. The contents of broken bottles spattered into the' debris of the Eternal City.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Comeback | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

Typical are the contortions of Lucky Strike cigarettes, which prance through a complex square dance. Rheingold beer cans and bottles troop by a reviewing stand, while overhead drones a beer-keg blimp. Sheffield, hawking a soft drink, takes an inexpensive way out: a paper orange with a metal base is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Sponsors' World | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

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