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

...Washington, Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead banged his foot on a bedpost, broke his toe, took to crutches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 16, 1938 | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

...Friday the Hodder coached team swamped Holy Cross 7-2, and Saturday morning in the closest match this year edged Williams 5-4. In the final encounter Saturday afternoon, the Crimson broke the Elis' 10 year hold on first place by trouncing them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON GOLFERS TAKE TITLE THIS WEEKEND | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

Monday afternoon a stray bullet broke one of the windows in the library of the Law School. (April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT and RUMOUR | 5/12/1938 | See Source »

...bullets were round and their motion through the barrel resembled that of the screw ball thrown by Pittsburgh's Cy Blanton, and when the bullet left the end of the barrel, it had a sharper curve than Dizzy Dean's They went straight for a certain distance and then broke sharply like a pitcher nipping the corner of an imaginary plate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAVEN EXPLAINS HOW BULLET WAS ANCESTOR OF CURVE BALL | 5/12/1938 | See Source »

While the cards were on route, hostilities broke out and delivery was indefinitely delayed. Recently a shipment did arrive. Visualizing stacks of cards, the Yenching authorities opened the shipment only to find, much to their surprise, nine cases of canned cherries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIBRARY CARDS CHANGE INTO CHERRIES IN ASIA TURMOIL | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

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