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Word: cons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Con & the Canary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 5, 1951 | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

...this whole world con be lenient with Mr. Duane except the judge in this court," he said. "Certainly, you don't think I got together with the judge and we agreed to be lenient...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McLeod Gets Five Year Jail Term; Other Thief Given Lighter Penalty | 10/24/1951 | See Source »

...Con Kennan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 8, 1951 | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

...briefcase (stuffed with documents setting forth the legal rights of street musicians) and a big display board on which was tacked a postcard which read: "You are certainly the most extraordinary virtuoso since Paganini ... If you can stop the abominable jazzers' practice of playing the saxophone as con sordino [i.e., muted] and as disorderly as possible, you will be a great benefactor as well as a great player...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Virtuoso | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

...Lemon Drop Kid. Bob Hope uses a Damon Runyon story as an incidental prop in a wild, gagged-up farce of racetrack touts and Broadway con games (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jun. 18, 1951 | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

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