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Word: brag (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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bullskate (Negro)-to brag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM ABE'S CABE TO ZOOLY A Slang Sampler | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

...labor government at the expense of the future. The demagogic Peronistas are enraged at the fact that wages are down while steak has doubled to 50? per lb., campaign with the slogan, "Under Perón every worker ate his fill." Though the party is outlawed, its leaders brag that they will cast 3,000,000 blank protest ballots in the elections next week. Frondizi has such big majorities in the holdover section of Congress that he will retain control no matter what happens. But the force that really keeps him in power is the same one that keeps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Crisis at Election Time | 3/28/1960 | See Source »

...shimmy seemed to sparkle with a special sheen. She danced in the Ziegfeld Follies and George White's Scandals. She worked with the big names: Will Rogers, Gallagher & Shean. She earned the reputation of being one of the highest paid performers in the world, and she could brag of having made $4,000,000 in only ten years on the stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEADLINERS: Golden Girl | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

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