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Word: chanting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...took a full minute for the audience to drag itself back to reality. And then a deafening tumult rattled the convention hall. The shrieking mob raised their now leader upon their shoulders. They stamped round the room to the rhythm of thumping chairs, waving flags, and a steady chant of "Bryan, Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, BRYAN, BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/5/1940 | See Source »

...Peking houseboy mocking his master with the chant : "Mo-yu cou-dzah, Mo-yu wa-dzah, Mo-yu chen, Mo-yu fa-dzah" -he has no pants, no socks, no money, no method...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Demon Through Nostril | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

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