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Word: holdupman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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Usage:

Small Cuba held up the whole League of Nations one day last week, but Cuba's holdupman was not small. Like some mighty Mutt he roared defiance at a little Jeff from Greece who sought to uphold League prestige. Surveying the somewhat comic champions, spectators beheld: in this corner tall, 175-lb. Senor Don Orestes Ferrara whose regular job is Cuban Ambassador at Washington; in that corner foxy, 135-lb. Dr. Nicolas Politis, agile Athenian word-wangler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Mutt & Jeff; Queen Bee | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

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