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Word: drinkin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...goes on to discuss "welded-steel four-thousand pound artichokes" and sings a chorus about "poppin" Darvon and mothballs" and "sleepin' on paper towels and drinkin...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Not-So-Great Days | 4/18/1979 | See Source »

...Shor, 73, Runyonesque saloonkeeper and drinking companion to the mighty and famous; of cancer; in Manhattan. Boisterous and beefy (250 lbs., 6 ft. 2 in.), Shor in his heyday would customarily quaff a bottle of brandy a night at the 54-ft. circular bar of his original Manhattan bistro. "Drinkin', that's my way of prayin'," he would say. Shor was a star-struck sports fan, and his friends ranged from the Duke of Windsor to Joe DiMaggio, from Chief Justice Earl Warren to Mobster Frank Costello. Generous and impulsive, he once dropped more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 7, 1977 | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

...York. All three of his albums have been gushed over by critics. He has had three No. 1 country hit singles-one of which offers a shot of sheer country angst: My heart is breakin' like the tiny bubbles./ She's actin' single, I'm drinkin' doubles. The success of songs like that makes Fort Pierce mighty proud, especially the 31 Stewarts listed in the phone book, all of whom are related to Gary some way or other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South/music: A Honky -Tonk Man | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...draw some fresh drinkin' water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South/music: A Honky -Tonk Man | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

Period. Everything else just falls into place. With me, I immediately lost my taste for booze. I mean, my friends back in Okie City couldn't believe that. Curly Smith not drinkin'. Lord Almighty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: THE TM CRAZE: 40 Minutes to Bliss | 10/13/1975 | See Source »

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