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Word: dinna (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Jenny, dinna toss your head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Oh, Jenny, Dinna Toss Your Head | 6/1/1942 | See Source »

...Edinburgh, Dr. Niebuhr delighted his hearers by delivering his complicated lectures extempore, drew the largest crowds in Gifford history. Said one woman: "I dinna understand a word ye say when ye preach, but somehow I ken that ye're makin' God great." Before the lectures were finished, World War II broke out. Even that did not cut down the attendance. Intent on his exposition at one crowded lecture, Dr. Niebuhr suddenly noticed that his audience had grown restless. "Gracious, I'm losing their attention," he thought, "I'd better steam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sin Rediscovered | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

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