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Word: granpa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...automobile parts and railroading. There have been layoffs at the machine shops, some of them seasonal, some of them not. Then the New York Central laid off 450 all at one crack, part of 8,100 furloughed all along the line. Chewing on an old pipe, retired farmer "Granpa" Burkett declared: "That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Up to that point, people were saying that things would straighten out. Now they sit around the union halls and wonder whether they should move to some place where there is more varied opportunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Tale of a City | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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