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Word: hens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Back in the days when Thanksgiving originated, it had been pretty easy. They knew how many bushels of apples they had taken in and how many eggs each hen had laid; their thanks could be an itemized receipt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/23/1938 | See Source »

...hen was George V in 1935 when he offered Australia his third son, the roly-poly Duke of Gloucester, as Governor General, and Australia declined with thanks. A lot of trouble has turned up in the world since then, however, what with the Italians showing their muscle in the Mediterranean, the Germans down the Danube and the Japanese all over the Far East. It behooves the Empire to stand fast, and a great cementing gesture was made last week when George VI was graciously pleased to appoint H. R. H. the Duke of Kent to go out to Canberra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Kents to Quints | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...University Catalogue listed no fewer than 21 Murphies, of whom 12 were undergraduates and hen eligible for the awards. Of these five were chosen and a sixth grant went to a ringer by the name of Murphey. The awards were made with an eye to scholarship, the University confided, and since there were no Murphies, scholarly or otherwise, in the Junior class, two men from each of the other classes are today the richer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faith, It's a Great Day for The Murphys, 6 Win Awards | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

While strolling through the Parks last night Huey fell and got a Lempke like a big Mellen on his head and Plenty of Mudge in his eye." "Glueck, Glueck," he said, just like a hen...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey, | Title: BOWE DOWNS, HUEY SAYS, HE KNOWS GREEN FEARON HEART | 10/22/1938 | See Source »

Brookline's Mike won his starting role off Gloucester's Hen Smith in a terrific three-week fight which seesawed back and forth until Wednesday. Fighting under Vernon Struck and Ralph Pope last year, Cohen saw little major action, playing only two minutes against Dartmouth...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Crimson Is Given Edge In Season's Tough Opening Game With Brown Eleven Today | 10/1/1938 | See Source »

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