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Word: havealso (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1958-1958
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...this stuff is to set your store up in a nudist colony," said a Seattle superman, by now suspicious of just about any housewife who carries a big handbag, wears full skirts or wraps up in a fur coat on a warm day. In many U.S. cities, market cashiers havealso learned to watch for more elaborate devices for sneaking merchandise past the cash register: improbably distended bras (cheese and caviar), hollowed-out books (chops), a bagful of well-used baby diapers (canned goods), the false-bottom market bag, fake laundry packages (packaged meat), bulky, many-pocketed coats, stretch socks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Shoplifters | 5/5/1958 | See Source »

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