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Word: gambinossi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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...night last week a 55-year-old importer named Dante Gambinossi took a woman to dine at a West Side restaurant, parked his car meanwhile on 46th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues-a district so tough that it has long been known as "Hell's Kitchen." At ten o'clock, just as the pair got back into their car, a youth jumped on the right running board, asked a tip for watching the car. Importer Gambinossi gave his companion a dime to hand him. "Cheap skate!" snarled the young man. Gambinossi got out. At once four other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Car-Watchers | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

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