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Word: chestnuts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...winter race meeting was at its height, the horses, lying down or standing motionless in their stalls, slept in darkness. The smell in the wooden barns was a smell of hay, liniment and leather. Through these pleasant smells there drifted presently the acrid odor of smoke. A tall chestnut plater flicked his ears and stumbled to his feet, making a sudden muffled thunder in the darkness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Burning Horses | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...Women's indoor championship, Longwood Country Club, Chestnut Hill, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Jan. 27, 1930 | 1/27/1930 | See Source »

...Scott had been given the job of head Roman gladiator in the next Hollywood production of Ben Hur as the result of his meeting with the toppling tower of the Argentine, but that of opponent (one New York sports writer puts the "opponent" in quotes) of the Squire of Chestnut Hill in the big heavyweight setto of the year--well, that is surprising...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 1/9/1930 | See Source »

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