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Word: dingiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

Through the doors of Public School No. 24 in one of Harlem's dingiest districts one morning last week, went many a Negro bigwig bearing congratulations. The rest of Harlem, proud, sent its greetings. There were telegrams from U. S. educators, black and white. There was a letter from a Southern pickaninny which read: "I want to be a principal like you when I grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Harlem's First | 2/18/1935 | See Source »

While Samuel Insull was in flight, his long-nosed brother Martin John Insull was tossing on a cot in one of the dingiest, harshest jails in Canada. There was no running water. The meals were terrible. He was not allowed to puff his pipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Flight to Athens | 10/17/1932 | See Source »

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