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Word: catnip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Advertised. In Atlantic City, Cornelius McGee was fined $100 for fraud after he was caught selling catnip cigarettes as marijuana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 6, 1952 | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

...cats you own (they are of every stripe), one had the distinction of being born in a Royal Palace. Aside from the expected accouterments, these pampered pets were the lucky (or puzzled) possessors of such assorted items as: boots, bells, catnip trees, ear protectors, goggles, nail clippers, pajamas, raincoats and traveling cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 6, 1950 | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

Wellesley's Ola Elizabeth Winslow, 55, Pulitzer Prizewinning biographer (Jonathan Edwards), authority on American literature, who could never walk across the campus without a pocketful of seeds for the birds, catnip for the cats, and a troop of neighbors' children following, Pied Piper fashion, behind. Up at 5, she was a prodigious and painstaking worker, gently persuaded a whole generation of students to take after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Goodbye, Messrs. Chips | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

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