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Word: cottonman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...crowd put their dollars down on Bill Gallon, a brown colt owned by a comparative newcomer to harness racing, Cottonman R. Horace Johnston of Charlotte, N.C. Bill Gallon, named after one of Johnston's cronies, was purchased as a yearling for $1,800, was top money-winner ($14,000) among the two-year-olds last year. This summer, the Southern colt had failed to win a race on the Grand Circuit. Nevertheless, the wise men of Goshen, with no Racing Form to guide them, figured that Bill Gallon was the horse to beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beginner's Luck | 8/18/1941 | See Source »

...Among names talked of for his successor as RFC chairman Cottonman Will Clayton, under Secretary of Commerce Wayne Chatfield Taylor, Jesse Jones himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Farmer Comes to Town | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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