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Word: doon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lonely castle on Maxwelton's hillside the year's real problem was a pretty, dark-eyed girl who fancied she loved a rakish soldier. The girl was Annie Laurie. The soldier, one Willie Douglas of Fingland, wrote verses to her, offered to lay himself "doon an' dee." Annie Laurie's parents locked her in her stone-walled bedroom until she stopped her mooning, sadly consented to marry respectable Alexander Fergusson who had rich holdings in Cragdarroch down the glen. Willie Douglas went off and got married soon after. Annie Fergusson grew plump and placid. Nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Scotch Romance | 5/14/1934 | See Source »

During the three months since December 6, 1933, that memorable day when prohibition went out of effect, records of more than 200 sales to Harvard students have been kept and nearly half of the customers gratified their thirst with the amber product of the Bonnie Banks Doon. Of the 200 purchasers, 97 chose cotch whiskey and some of the more popular brands that have been finding flavor with the students are "Stoddard's", "Johnny Walker," "Glen Finnan," and McNair's", all testifying by their names to genuine Gaclic ancestry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Students Show Preference for Strong Spirits in Survey Conducted by Grocery Store | 3/15/1934 | See Source »

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