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Word: brier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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During the past two years, a drawling, 220-lb. man with a brier pipe in one hand and a notebook in the other has been wandering along the East Coast and through parts of the Midwest talking to people. He has popped up in all sorts of places, and chatted over everything from tea to corn whisky and orange bitters. "I always follow the custom of the country," says Raven Ioor (pronounced yore) McDavid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Isoglosses | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

...matter how the youngsters got the liquor, they still got it," Commissioner Frank Brier added. He confirmed Miss Driscoll's statement that "It's about time we got tough with these cafes that serve liquor to minors, regardless of what the circumstances might...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Age Fakers Get Patrol Ride From Tavern to Station | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

...Brier cited cases of minors using false birth certificates, draft cards, and even club membership cards to get drinks. Bars often accept these proofs even when they are obviously fake, he said, and sometimes ask no proof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Age Fakers Get Patrol Ride From Tavern to Station | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

...Medley Relay--Won by Brown, (Tatrell, Brier, and McKolvey). Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.C. Thwacks Hockey Team, 8-5; Brown Bows to Swimmers, 45-30 | 1/13/1949 | See Source »

...Breaststroke--Won by Laury (H); second, Brier (B); third, Hoolzer (H). Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.C. Thwacks Hockey Team, 8-5; Brown Bows to Swimmers, 45-30 | 1/13/1949 | See Source »

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