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Word: doped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...such simple questions as war and politics, blondes and brunettes. In the Kinsey era, that is old hat. For the past three years the editors of the Yale Banner, New Haven's yearbook, have been asking students all sorts of personal questions. Last week the Banner flashed the dope about the "Human Yale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Virginibus Puerisque | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

...Tail. Elsewhere in the world last week, man's fey behavior was undoubtedly affecting other members of the animal kingdom. In Honolulu, pearl fishermen made plans to dope stubborn oysters into yielding up their precious pearls, by a drug said by its sponsor to resemble that used by obstetricians in inducing "twilight sleep." In Thaxted, Essex, a theatrical scene painter unveiled a gasoline-powered mechanical elephant that walked at 28 m.p.h., flapped its ears, carried eight passengers, a license plate and a taillight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORA & FAUNA: Coconuts & Sausage Meat | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

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