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

...says, 'Sid,' 'e says, 'I'd like ter give this spa of yours the flippin' once over!' 'e says. Then ... she says, ''Ear! 'Ear!' she says. She's very fond of all this, this old-fashioned clobber, you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Steady, Barker | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

Charlie Piddleball, pitcher for the CRIMSON throughout the inning, was assisted by a strong T-formation defense between first and second beer kegs which Lampy was unable to equal. When Lampoon opposition tightened, the journalists quickly devised the blocking-back play and the beer-bottle clobber that characterized the remaining, residual part of the inning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Poonsters BOTTLED IN BOND AS CRIME PLUCKS 23 TO 2 PLUM | 5/15/1945 | See Source »

...Samples: "clobber"-to destroy an enemy plane; "beaver"-to shoot holes in an enemy plane; "wetfeet"-to fly over the Channel; "happy valley"-where flak is heavy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Back in Stride | 1/15/1945 | See Source »

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