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Word: chaunk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...accepting a beauty contest judgeship from Syracuse University Artist Flagg declared: "All sorts of colleges every year do this to me . . . and I have had to gaze on some of the most god-awful female mugs in this broad tho' narrow land. . . ." -ED. Chaunk v. Chomp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...doctored more green apple colics than ordinary and she says all apple eaters "chaunk'' apples & it's the "chaunkings" that the youthful stomachs won't stomach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...furthermore "chaunk" connotes the apple-eating tune more faithfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...think you should leave it up to the Ambassador before you add "chomp" to the dictionary. If he says he would rather "chomp" than "chaunk" all right. I give up. But after "chaunking" all my life and supposing it was "chaunking" I am going to be disappointed to go to "chomping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

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