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

...giving you a tie. It's not much, we know, It's just our way of showing you we think you're a regular guy. You say that it was nice of us to bother But it really was a pleasure to fuss, For according to our mother you're our father And that's good enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Loony Lieder | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

...expressive mouth the inane words of a popular song often came in for very searching satirical treatment. In 1929, in collaboration with Guitarist Eddie Condon and a small but vital ensemble, he made one of the greatest jazz records of all time: The Minor Drag and Harlem Fuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: How Tom Is Doin' | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

...listen to me ... no don't try to tell me you're busy. You sit right down and listen. Time was when the Lampoon could have a quiet movie made of it ... even a double feature. '...' without all this stupid fuss. It used to be a cinch. All we did was demand casting rights, royalties, and then sue for deformation of character...

Author: By M. M. Zwoncus, | Title: Lampoon Chosen as Villain In Movie, "Bamboo Blonde" | 8/6/1943 | See Source »

Came some brass hats to inspect the hospital. Presently the ranking officer of the party disappeared into the toilet and the colonel heard an unusual fuss. He went in to see what the trouble was and found the officer standing on the seat, pouring the bucket of water into the overhead reservoir, preparing to pull the chain. That, someone remarked, was what the Army calls "going through channels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Long Way Around | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

Canada's home front seems to work with much less fuss than the U.S.'s. Louis M. Lyons, reporter for the Boston Globe, went to Canada to find out why. His findings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Sense in Canada | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

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