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Word: gits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...engine block. He slammed the hood and jumped in, put a cautious foot on the gas, and felt the engine pull itself to life. He began to back out, concentration on the rear view mirror and not looking at the window where the voice said, "Odd hate to hafta git mah gun." He was halfway down the drive before his uncle, an ex-Marine sharpshooter and lifetime member of the NRA (at a cost of $200) began blasting away with his ninehundred dollar 25-06 deer rifle. A tire went fwooo, and Bell clunked along on three wheels. Christ...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: The Hot Wire Mentality | 8/10/1976 | See Source »

...every time a policeman pulls in but the body rush quickly subsides when he says "I'll be needing a room about 1 a.m."?! Our switchboard is an antique which means that I have to put through all of the calls. The same policeman calls and says "Will you git this number fer me--and if a man answers--hang...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: The Power of Love: A Nashville Lightning Storm | 4/18/1975 | See Source »

...Git...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: A Song to Forget | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

...their speeches. Humorists rarely use the short, acute idiom of Lincoln, Twain - or a Hoosier caricaturist named Kin Hubbard. A pity. In the voice of Abe Martin, a wise old rustic, Hubbard once cracked: "Ther's some folks standin' behind the President that ought t' git around where he kin watch'em." No matter how informed its consultants, how great its G.N.P., a country without that kind of wit is an underprivileged nation. That's only common sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Uncommonness of Common Sense | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

...Git-down time. The hour a prostitute is due on the street to begin work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: To Follow the Action: A Player's Glossary | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

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