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Word: clean (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...heavyweight wrestling title back in 1930, figured the phony old game was really going to the dogs: "There are too many freaks . . . too many men who rely on hairdos and perfume." Said he: "I am still champion ... I have decided to wrestle again because I want to help clean out the sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Mar. 7, 1949 | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...full strength against a weakened Crimson squad at 7 p.m. in the Arena tonight. Although Coach Stan Priddy's charges clubbed the Terrier pups 11 to 5 last week, an increase in B.U.'s strength will mean that the freshmen may have trouble in keeping their perfect record clean...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Hockey Sextet Is Rusty for Second BU Match | 3/5/1949 | See Source »

...expect my bill to become law," Sullivan said. "Its purpose is to stimulate the trustees of educational institutions in the state to clean their own houses of Communist influence voluntarily by letting them know that we are ready to consider legislation to force them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legislature Gets Bill to Squelch Colleges' Reds | 3/2/1949 | See Source »

Major Advocate, whose face has been lifted nearly half a dozen times in the last three years, has finally undergone a real clean-up job. The current issue exhibits more variety, more imagination in planning, and less rubbish than any in recent seasons...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: On the Shelf | 3/1/1949 | See Source »

...Hollywood has been lax in failing to clean up the private lives of sinful stars. Instead, some producers have deplorably chosen to make capital of their "outrageous exploits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: What's Wrong with the Movies | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

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