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Word: bottomly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...coat on a warm day. In many U.S. cities, market cashiers havealso learned to watch for more elaborate devices for sneaking merchandise past the cash register: improbably distended bras (cheese and caviar), hollowed-out books (chops), a bagful of well-used baby diapers (canned goods), the false-bottom market bag, fake laundry packages (packaged meat), bulky, many-pocketed coats, stretch socks and slacks (candy and cigarettes). In a Chicago suburb, aware of a National Food Store security guard on her trail, one Spartan shopper waddled two blocks down the street before she let loose the frozen turkey under her skirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Shoplifters | 5/5/1958 | See Source »

...switcher," who puts quality butter (60? a lb.) in the oleo box (30? a lb.). Another switcher trick: she partially empties a potato-chip tin, hides meat and other items in the bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Shoplifters | 5/5/1958 | See Source »

Moving up to number six, Bob David took a double win, defeating Penn, 3-2, and Columbia, 5-4. Wat Tyler, playing in the bottom spot, lost to the Quakers, 2-1, but took his match from the Lions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golf Squad Wins Double Victory Over Quakers 4-3, Columbia 6-1 | 5/5/1958 | See Source »

...varsity scored three times in each of the last two frames to overcome B.C.'s 7-4 lead. The early Eagle margin resulted from a six-run uprising in the bottom of the fifth. B.C. served as the home team...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Baseball Team Beats B.C. With 3-Run Rally in Ninth | 5/2/1958 | See Source »

Dave Beady won, one up, and number three man Bob Grundeman lost, 3-2. Bob Rose defeated his Wesleyan opponent, 5-4. Playing number five, sophomore Watt Tyler dropped his match, 3-2. Bob Davis won, one up, and bottom man North Wood lost his first varsity match of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wesleyan Squad Tops Golf Team | 5/1/1958 | See Source »

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