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Word: gohn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...orchestra was playing at a Long Island hotel. To and from the hotel I was wont to stop at a fruit stand owned by a Greek, who began every sentence with 'Yess.' The jingle of his idiom haunted me and my friend Cohn. Finally I wrote this verse and Gohn fitted it with a tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Bananas | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

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