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Word: creepier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gave a Rosey example of how they might be done: "AMALGAMATED GOULASH-The Stock That Has Everything! Coming Soon to the Bijou (formerly E. F. Hutton, Inc.) Romance! Mystery! Dividends! Starring Mortimer Schnook, Our Vice President Who Thrilled You in 'Passion on the Curb.' Meaner Than Mason. Creepier Than Karloff. Doors Open 10:00 a.m. $13 a share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: A Lot of Malarkey | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...mechanics of the job, how it affected his personal life (hardly at all), how his victims acted. Opposed to capital punishment but unemotional as a surgeon, Executioner Elliott wrote as matter-of-factly as though he were describing the operation of an electric toaster. Few readers would wish for creepier reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Executioner | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

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