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Word: gamiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...rest, O'Horgan simply grubs around in his museum of Halloweens Past and bemuses the audience with such papier-mäché wonders as a huge walking dental plate. The faggy odor of the show may be sniffed at its gamiest in a Beef Trust chorus-girl number featuring women padded out with lardy stomachs and grossly enlarged behinds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Contagious Vulgarity | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

...occupy all his energies. Carter launched a warehousemen's association, ran for the school board, later the local hospital board. He joined civic groups, became a deacon of the Plains Baptist Church and finally wandered onto the political stump. His first whiff of electioneering was Georgia politics at its gamiest. During his election for state senator, the newcomer found some irregularities in one of the ballot boxes; an investigation and recount showed that Carter had been beaten by voters who were dead, jailed or never at the polls on Election Day. The election was reversed in his favor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: New Day A'Coming in the South | 5/31/1971 | See Source »

There have been many such experiences in the life of the 5' 5'', 120-pound Galeski, who has to be the busiest and gamiest athlete at Harvard. The junior from Richmond, Virginia, is a varsity wrestler, captains the Crimson rifle team, and is a coxswain for crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jay Galeski's Had Many Trying Days, But He Still Letters in Three Sports | 3/30/1971 | See Source »

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