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Word: chokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eyes except the big yellow eyes of the foxes, whom the two men managed to knife or choke in silence, witnessed the bloody scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Fox Thieves | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

...kind is likely to happen. The archives of the Empire bulge with records of such so-called "English Frauds," most of them successful-for example an "Oath of Fealty" to King George has been adroitly palmed off on the Irish Free State Parliament, members of which would choke before taking the House of Commons' regular "Oath of Allegiance," though everyone knows that "Fealty" is if anything more degrading than "Allegiance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Woozy Earl | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

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