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Word: calfskins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gold Standard. In Chicago, an anonymous cinemagnate laid down $200 in a shoe store, walked out in a pair of calfskin shoes with a gold slug in each heel, gold eyelets, gold-tipped laces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 9, 1944 | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

...office of every U.S. general in SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force) in Britain last week went a neat, sealed package from Washington. Inside each package was an elegant calfskin belt with pistol holster and a big shiny buckle embossed with the U.S. seal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - EQUIPMENT: Brass Knuckles | 7/31/1944 | See Source »

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