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Word: girls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lndignant feminists were vexed to discover that Webster's New International sponsors "filly" as a colloquial synonym for "a lively, spirited young girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Woman Racing | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

Excerpt from report: "The hostess of the night club and speakeasy is the American counterpart of the Geisha Girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Geisha v. Fourteen | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

...TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN-In which a chorus girl's brother is compelled to demolish her reputation in order to save her life (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Jul. 16, 1928 | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

...Hicks family to kill all the Beagles. Thinking that the Beagles are four-legged animals, Pete and Dan slap thighs in joyful anticipation of easy slaughter. But the Beagles are a family of two-legged humans. The problem is finally solved without bloodshed when one little Beagle girl (Mary Brian) marries a Hicks boy. Here & there, a laugh ensues. . . . Paramount advertises the film as the last of the Beery-Hatton comedies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jul. 16, 1928 | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

...Elizabeth Hines, who thought she deserved the position of leading lady in Show Boat, Mr. Ziegfeld promised his daughter a roadster if he won the case. An arbitration board awarded Elizabeth Hines $12,000 and Ziggy, counting this at least a Pyrrhic victory, bought his little girl the car that he had posted. But, little Patricia Ziegfeld will be unable to drive her roadster because she is only eleven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 16, 1928 | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

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