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Word: doin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doing all right now. Get me a big one. ... I feel like doin' a big apple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: FCC on Mae West | 1/24/1938 | See Source »

Lynne Jaffee (Dressmakers' Union) minces like a millionaire, twitters to a line of strikers: "It's not cricket to picket." The show's dance specialty is Doin' the Reactionary. Slim Ruth Rubinstein (Corset & Brassiere Union), as Italy's Public Enemy No. 1 (because she produces only one little Fascist at a time), laments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Labor Hit | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

...speeding. The driver was a woman. "Where you from?" the cop demanded. "Philadelphia," replied the lady. The cop put on a wise look and nodded his head. "Oh, so you're from Philadelphia, eh?" he said, sarcastically. "Well, if you're from Philadelphia, whatcha doin' with them Pennsylvania licence plates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Coincidence-of-the-Week | 8/30/1937 | See Source »

...supposed to be the Queen of Egypt. That's Gretta Garbo's own dress she's wearing-the one Gretta wo' when she was the Queen of Sweden. Well, where you wanta go now? Motorboat races? Golf tournament? Man, there's something doin' every minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES 6? CITIES: Good Abode | 5/28/1934 | See Source »

...might be a Uncle Tom nigguh, but you young nigguhs ain't doin' no good for yo'se'ves or anybody else. I'se respected but you all ain't nothin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Uncle Tom & Social Equality | 4/2/1934 | See Source »

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