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Word: cleans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Strapping Germans. "Claude," his mother whimpered, "don't you think that tomorrow we should go to see the doctor again?" The son struck her angrily. He jumped up to get his Mauser, began to clean and polish, clean and polish. He was a marksman, proud of his success in shooting competitions. When World War II broke out, he had eagerly joined the French army. But all spring and summer in 1940, he marched endlessly over the roads of France, without so much as seeing an enemy to fire at. He returned to Calais to look with the eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Journey into Fear | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...fast riding and hard shooting, El Paso leaves a mildly unpleasant aftertaste. Its muddled moralizing on civil rights, sandwiched into its brutal, juicily detailed lynchings, makes an unappetizing dish. By contrast, the Cinecolor is fairly sweet and clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 18, 1949 | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

taught And reconverted to be kind and clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Coping With the Flood | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Despite the high wind and low temperature which prevailed on Solders Field, about 500 clean cut and mildly-cheering fans looked on in complete amazement...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Ruggers Trim McGill by 3-0 Score | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Only three positions are definitely settled: Bill Goodman catching, Win Carduff at second base, and Ben Akillian a center field. Jack Donelan will play left field when he isn't pitching and will bat clean-up until somebody else proves a more reliable slugger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Nine Throws Revamped Team Against Dummer | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

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