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Word: gotta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

Clint, who sells tickets, interrupted: "Red tickets or nothing, lady. We aim to please, but you gotta buy a red ticket...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: The Swan's Song | 4/25/1959 | See Source »

...folk blues," says Leiber. "When Presley, shall we say, performed it, there was a misunderstanding of the original lyrics-it was designed to be sung by a girl." Adds Leiber: "The thing to remember is you're not writing a song but a record. What you gotta do is get these kids to identify. That's how we got Yakety Yak [1,000,000]. Mike was at the piano and I was making tea. He started an exciting riff, and right away I threw out: 'Take out the papers and the trash.' At once Mike came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIN PAN ALLEY: Jailhouse Rock | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...G.C.A. operator himself was superbly true to life. Calm, careful, his every tone reassuring and reliable, he was just the man to bring a pilot home.* The true Lieut. Obenauf was surely willing to overlook the utterly silly last lines that the show put in his mouth: "Hey, I gotta pick up all that baby stuff from the Maxwells'." In real life, temporarily blinded though he was, he had jumped from the plane and run until someone tackled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: High Adventure | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

...Gotta go play the clown. Two o'clock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jabberwocky with a Beat | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

...gotta really ruffle up the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jabberwocky with a Beat | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

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