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Word: buttes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...want to apologize if I've ever tempted any of the fellows I've had contact with. I know I've tried, and I'm sorry." Said a young man with a Brooklyn accent: "I want to apologize for making the faculty the butt of my corny jokes ... I want to get something else off my chest: giving thanks for food, then complaining about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: 42 Hours of Repentance | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

...soldiers had gone to the home of his 80-year-old mother in Manila to see if she was receiving letters from her son, who was wartime aide to General MacArthur. During the questioning, both of Mrs. Romulo's legs were broken by blows from a Japanese rifle butt, and she was hopelessly crippled until her death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFLECTIONS: Vivid Memory | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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