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

...same in shops, department stores, haberdasheries and restaurants. The U.S. was reaching through rising prices to buy what it wanted as a berry picker reaches into a nettle patch. "Sure, they're buyin'," said a Boston salesgirl, "but they're lookin' and pawin' and hemmin' and hawin' before they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Shave & a Haircut--$2.35 | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

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