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Word: forkful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...simple bows and fancy war clubs like those of the Austronesians, fork-headed arrows like those of the Philippine aborigines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Stone Age Relics | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

Bonham is no strike-out specialist like Bob Feller, Dizzy Dean or Lefty Grove. He has neither a fireball nor a tantalizing curve. But two weapons he can rely on are control and a freak pitch known as a fork ball (a slow ball that sinks and sometimes breaks away). Oldtimers say Bonham's fork ball can't compare with the one Bullet Joe Bush used to throw for the Athletics and Yankees. Still, used as a change-of-pace ball, Tiny's forker has fooled plenty of batters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Thirteenth | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

...Coventry. London, Manchester. Ow I wish I could come up with a Jerry plane. I would show them. Today my steward put my knife spoon and fork in bucket of water to wash then forgot they were there, chooked water overboard with them in it. I could of chooked im overboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: At Sea: Voice From Grimsby | 6/1/1942 | See Source »

...enjoy the fruits of his conquest. He marvelled at the deft skill with which he had snared the bread from under the clutch of his neighbor. "Physical Ed's made me a new man," he gloated, proudly fondling the bulging biceps of his right arm. Gracefully ignoring the fork that clattered to the floor, Vag reached out for his cup of tea. The long last month wasn't so bad at that, he reflected as he sipped contentedly. Of course, the daily aches were wearisome, but they were worth it. Vag snorted when he picture his once flabby form. Never...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 5/22/1942 | See Source »

Possibly Marshall Field would fork over -on the theory, proclaimed by one observer, that "A.P. is like an elephant: it's worth a lot if you run a circus." But A.P.'s liberalized by-laws did not get a membership for the Chicago Sun. The Sun's application was voted down by the members, 684-to-287. Bluffing, Colonel McCormick himself applied for an afternoon membership. And Colonel McCormick's friendly cousin, Cissie Patterson, applied for a morning and evening membership for her Washington Times-Herald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A.P. Liberalized | 5/4/1942 | See Source »

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