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Word: brrrrrrrrr (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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Usage:

...rushing from twelve 7-ft. valves, spilling 180 ft. down into the canyon below the dam. But at first the only response to his noble invocation was silence. Someone had blundered. Secretary Marvin Mclntyre made a hasty exit. Then after a short delay the radio gulped, began a mighty Brrrrrrrrr! A moment later Mr. Mclntyre reported: "Doc Smithers [White House telegrapher] flashed the dam, 'Did you get it?' And they came back 'Yes. There's water all over the place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Third Power, Second Dams | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

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