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Word: feedin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

Household. When a woman drops a dishrag she knows someone dirty is coming; when two roosters fight in the yard, two young men will soon arrive. A child who eats candy in the privy is whipped for "feedin' the Devil an' starvin' God." Soap should be stirred by a member of the family, because "a strange hand skeers the soap." A menstruating woman can't pickle cucumbers and "a bad woman can't make good applesauce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Charms in the Hills | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

...Feedin' First...

Author: By So & Do, | Title: THE NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL | 7/27/1943 | See Source »

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