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Word: buncha (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

When the war ended, Billy "went on the bum, mostly because I wanted to find a way to the top." He found that way six months later, back in New York. One night in a Manhattan delicatessen, he met some songwriters. After Baruch, they looked to Billy like "a buncha dumb-heads"-until somebody told him they made 40 and 50 grand a year. "Just like that," says Rose, "I decided that this was the grift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Busy Heart | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

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