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Word: heifers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Finally at two o'clock on the dot a car pulled up to unload five "fools," one rooster, one hen, one pig, one heifer, one dog, one goat, and one skunk. The crowd surged up Plympton Street, through the main gate, up the steps of Widener, in the front door, and through the reading room, band, animals, and enlookers which by this time included most of the Cambridge Latin student body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Poon Pet Show Enjoys Brief Glory | 2/20/1948 | See Source »

...Francisco Franco of Spain and Juan Domingo Perón of Argentina suddenly pelted each other with goodies. From Franco to Perón: 100 cases (1,404 bottles) of Spanish wines & liquors. From Perón to Franco: five blooded horses, one bull, one cow, one heifer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 19, 1948 | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...recent "Woman in Green"-a pink snout snoring over a swamp of green swirls-had successfully enraged London last year and was now appearing for the first time in the U.S. Georges Braque's supporting contribution was a painted plaster bas-relief of woman as lo, a harried heifer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Women | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

...came for ingathering of talents. It was a smashing success. The Business Men's Association, enthusiastic about the idea from the first, had helped by endorsing a community auction and turning over all commissions to the talent drive. The four Warrens had used their talents to buy a heifer, which produced a calf for sale. Norman Triplett and Betty Caris had made and sold neckties. Larry Zimmerly had done wonders with his talent by raising rabbits. Altogether, the $2,000 in talents had multiplied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Parable in Bluffton | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

...ridgeling is a cryptorchid or a half-castrated animal; a freemartin is a sexually imperfect heifer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Man against Hunger | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

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