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Word: hafta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...important person in this hotel . . . We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a service by permitting us to do so." After staging a hectically traditional Christmas Eve party ("Ah doan think it's fai-yuh fo' the Social Hostiss ta hafta plan meals fo' eight reindeer"), the Dennis-Erskine team burns its screwy pleasure palace right down to the ground, but not before a nice boy meets a nice girl there-object, simple matrimony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Hairy Jape | 7/15/1957 | See Source »

...Afterwards everyone stands around limply wondering how Turpin managed to stand up under the beating. "Him and Lamotta has de hahdest two haids in de world," a fan says, shaking his head. The standee is $270 poorer. His enthusiasm is gone. "Guess I hafta walk home," he mutters to no one in particular and starts down the long flight of stairs. The entertainment is over...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 9/21/1951 | See Source »

...Afterwards everyone stands around limply wondering how Turpin managed to stand up under the beating. "Him and Lamotta has de hahdest two haids in de world," a fan says, shaking his head. The standee is $270 poorer. His enthusiasm is gone. "Guess I hafta walk home," he mutters to no one in particular and starts down the long flight of stairs. The entertainment is over...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 9/20/1951 | See Source »

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