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Word: dogpatch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kickapoo joy juice in a bathtub appears to be one of the highlights of the "Dogpatch Cotillion" which has been scheduled for March 15. The forthcoming dance was announced recently at a Freshman Union Committee meeting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Plans 'Dogpatch Cotillion' Dance; Jubilee Committee Announces New Officers | 2/20/1958 | See Source »

...Dogpatch is planning to invade Harvard and carry off 13 of Cambridge's "pure, shy young bachelors." The Trojan horse which will lure the Harvard men from their academic retreats is Moonbeam McSwine, an earthy young lady of astounding physical proportions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Moonbeam McSwine To Invade Harvard | 11/6/1957 | See Source »

Capp has set out to rescue the woman-hood of Dogpatch from the fate of losing Sadie Hawkin's Day, a Dogpatch holiday which has reached its full, horrible flowering in the backwoods matriarchy of Capp's nightmares...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Moonbeam McSwine To Invade Harvard | 11/6/1957 | See Source »

Chicago's Dogpatch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 8, 1957 | 4/8/1957 | See Source »

Added to the three carryovers are three new musicals that rely heavily on lively, lavish productions and name stars: Happy Hunting offers the unmuted brass of Ethel Merman, Bells Are Ringing the smart dumb-blonde antics of Comedienne Judy Holliday, and Li'l Abner the howling hillbillies of Dogpatch plus a display of a lot of a few girls. "There has been a return to the old form of musicals," says Oscar Hammerstein II, looking back over the season to date, "shows with irresponsible, gay books that are fast and lively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: MUSIC ON BROADWAY | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

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