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Word: chafers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...caught rose chafers for my pets. I would always start in by giving my little frog the first bug and then give the next size two bugs and so on up. I had these frogs trained so that when I went to the pond and rang a bell I carried in my pocket they would hop out of the water and arrange themselves according to size. The small frog would always be at the left end of the line and they would be like stair-steps with No. 20 at my right. One morning I failed to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 26, 1931 | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

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