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Word: flips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once captured, the snakes are taken to patrol headquarters at Komati Poort, where they are forcibly fed with meat and egg flip, milked of their venom at intervals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Venom Patrol | 6/14/1943 | See Source »

...Common Man. "America's No. 1 Curmudgeon, or Sour Puss" was born (1874) in Pennsylvania, the second of seven children. "I was raised to dust and sweep and wash dishes and knead dough and baste the beef and turn (and burn) the toast and flip flapjacks. ... I was pinch-hit nursemaid, wood chopper, fire builder and tender, chicken executioner-more useful than ornamental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Veteran | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

...Flip Coin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KIRKLAND SWEEPS WRESTLING TOURNEY WITH SEVEN FIRSTS | 4/1/1943 | See Source »

...Hawkins won by a fall in 3:32 over Dave Saltus in the semi-finals of the 165 pound class, Hawkins and Don Albion, the other finalist, both being from Kirkland and with true House loyalty not able to get inspired over the contest, decided the final by the flip of a coin, which Albion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KIRKLAND SWEEPS WRESTLING TOURNEY WITH SEVEN FIRSTS | 4/1/1943 | See Source »

...Fraud!" cried Frederick D. Powell '44, yesterday, and a world which had been lujled into belief that Flip Corkin's message had been cracked legitimately, snapped back to attention. Although he mentioned no names, and claimed to consolation prize can of beer, Powell thinks the whole thing is a fraud, since at least one newspaper appeared with next Sunday's edition solution on the new stands yesterday. The solution was OK, Powell admitted, muttering something about "there are ways, and there are ways...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'It's Easy If You Know How' Thirsty Muckraker Screams | 2/4/1943 | See Source »

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