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Word: gnash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...course, a western with modern trimmings--a Cast of thousands, Technicolor, and saloon women's gowns by Adrian or somebody of the sort. But for old times' sake, you should like it just the same. You should thrill as Errol Flynn bravadoes to his inevitable victory, you should gnash your teeth when the bad man murders a respectable rancher in cold blood, and you should swell with patriotic pride as the covered wagons wind into the sunset...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

Police under Captain S. J. Gnash had been warned and were ready for them, drove them back in consternation with tear-gas pistols loaned for the occasion by the Army Chemical Warfare Service. Soon Washington from the Capitol to the Peace Monument (a quarter-mile) was the scene of seething struggles between Reds and policemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Reds! | 12/8/1930 | See Source »

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