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Word: fourbit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...worry, and Terry was a lonely widower. The lawyer soon married his beauteous client. They made a formidable pair. During her divorce suit she had made everybody nervous by fingering a pearl-handled revolver in her handbag while a court examiner was hearing testimony. "I can hit a fourbit piece nine times out of ten," she remarked, where upon the unfortunate examiner adjourned the hearing, appealed to the court for protection. When the Sharon heirs brought suit in Federal circuit court to cancel Sarah Althea's claims, the Terrys took front-row seats. On the bench, doing the regular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Mad Memories | 3/1/1937 | See Source »

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