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

What "Big Red" says, goes. Oklahoma is constitutionally bone-dry, but licenses 3.2 beer, which is dispensed in the subterranean cafeteria of the domeless State House. But "Big Red" mortally hates liquor, fires out of hand employes who drink on duty. If you were to order beer in the State House cafeteria this week, chances are the waitress would ask guardedly: "Do you want it in a paper cup?" If you were a State employe, you'd say "Yes." She would keep the bottle out of sight and you'd pick up some mints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA: Sooner Strong Boy | 1/22/1940 | See Source »

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