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Word: corns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week, was crowded with formidable dowagers, jovial "guvnors," dainty débutantes in the joiliest of raiment and under the absurdest of parasols, all being escorted by be-flanneled undergraduates. "Commem" (Commemoration) Week had started seven days of endless pleasure. Up the "High," down the "Broad," along the "Corn" strolled British society. Every available lodging was taken. No money could buy or hire a punt, for they were already thick upon the water of the Isis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Commem Week | 6/29/1925 | See Source »

What size cans are most used for the following foods in hotels, and why? Corn, peaches, pimento, spinach, tuna fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bachelors of Hostelry | 6/29/1925 | See Source »

Some green corn and peaches eaten in 1877 resulted in cholera morbus. Brigham died, having seen his following of 11,000 (in 1850) reach 120,000. Commercial enterprise had gained him an estate of two millions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Yankee Moses | 6/15/1925 | See Source »

Some green corn and peaches eaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Jun. 15, 1925 | 6/15/1925 | See Source »

...tobacco crop was marketed for about $500,000,000 and was raised by some 450,000 U.S. farmers. As a farm enterprise, tobacco in this country is exceeded only by corn, hay, cotton, wheat and potatoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cigarets | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

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