Word: fetched
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that little Scotty dog, had been inadvertently left behind at the Aleutians on the [President's] return trip, and that they did not discover the absence of the little doggie until the party reached Seattle, and that it is rumored a destroyer was sent a thousand miles to fetch...
...Fetch that gin son and I'll spill payoff...
Step Four. One of the marines kept on talking about coaxing the Jap or Japs out of the cave. Said he somewhat wistfully: "I wish we had somebody that knew enough Japanese to fetch him out." He said this in a low voice so the sergeant couldn't hear him. Another private first class observed that he didn't believe the Emperor himself knew enough Japanese to coax anybody out of that hole...
...people of Allegheny County came to fetch him, neat in his freshly laundered uniform. There followed for handsome, reticent Mitch Paige three sweltering days of parades, gifts, testimonials, speeches. High moment came when the cars halted in. the small town of Versailles. Spying a grocery store, Mitch Paige excused himself, hopped out. Said he: "I just want to smell a grocery store again...
...Work. At home, our day began at 7 a.m. Before breakfast we had to fetch the milk for the small children. For breakfast we always had potatoes and bread. Butter was very scarce. Then the boys and girls went to school and the women had to go out and queue up for fish, if they could find some fish, and other foods. This took several hours, then they went home to make dinner, mostly potatoes. There are a hundred ways to fix potatoes. We had meat, usually half veal and half horse, once every four months...