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Word: hot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Blinn first created Pancho Lopez, erstwhile Mexican bandit, he made him gorgeous and highly picturesque, but possessed of a certain oleagenous quality that was more reptilian, than romantic. With his black hair well greased and his thick curl closely pasted to his oily forehead, one felt that on a hot day he might ooze out through the cracks in the stage. Avoiding this, Mr. Mowbray makes his Lopez dustier but not so greasy. It is a pleasant change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 6/11/1925 | See Source »

...hot mamma, Red hot mamma, You're the one I need. Red hot mamma, You're some charmer, Yes, indeed. . . . Yon make a music master drop his fiddle, Make a bald-headed man part his hair in the middle, Red hot mamma, Red hot mamma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Night Life | 6/8/1925 | See Source »

...restaurants and the Union reported a record breaking consumption of salads, feed drinks and other hot weather delicacies. Hot roast beef and soup were on the menu but the waiters declared that hardly anyone ordered them. The chief complaint of the waiters was that they were kept too busy filling the glasses of ice water which were emptied almost as fast as they were filled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Business Men Report Record Sales of Soft Drinks and Light Clothing as Parched Undergraduates Seek Relief From Heat | 6/8/1925 | See Source »

...said, wiping the sweat from his forehead, "one professor came in here today and bought eight pairs of flannel trousers. Yes, it certainly is hot enough for me', but why complain about the weather when it brings such good business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Business Men Report Record Sales of Soft Drinks and Light Clothing as Parched Undergraduates Seek Relief From Heat | 6/8/1925 | See Source »

...said that the janitor had to spend most of his time keeping unauthorized persons from utilizing the facilities reserved only for students in the dormitory. The Charles was popular despite a slight typhoid scare and the two boat-houses provided, swimming, diving and dressing places for numbers of hot, tired students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Business Men Report Record Sales of Soft Drinks and Light Clothing as Parched Undergraduates Seek Relief From Heat | 6/8/1925 | See Source »

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