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Word: hub (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...typical Cantab as infected with the bored indifference synonymous with the name of his university, afflicted with the "yahd" accent, his shoulders stooped under the weight of centuries of tradition. We should picture him as a dilletante intellectual addicted to Boston deb parties, who conceives of Cambridge as the hub of the collegiate universe. And then we'd all yell Reinhardt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 5/11/1939 | See Source »

...Hub Really Appreciative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Real Art Required to Be Burlesque Stripper, Georgia Sothern Explains | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...enjoy playing New York the most, I find Boston audiences the most appreciative. I think the reason for it is that in all the other cities, the better clubs have a strip act included in the floor show. I don't remember having seen anything like that in the Hub...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Real Art Required to Be Burlesque Stripper, Georgia Sothern Explains | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Good shot: a propeller's-hub-view of the runway at Albuquerque, N. M. as a racing ship comes in for a landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture: Feb. 20, 1939 | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...vanguard of those who popularize such dance madnesses as the Big Apple and the Shag, which later ooze northward to fame. They learn how to talk general culture in a drawling, modulated voice that makes what they say sound authoritative. They learn that Richmond is the real hub of the universe. They learn that amatory adventures in parked cars are considered by the local constabulary as "cohabitation." They learn to care not when crass outsiders label their school a country club. With a wave of the hand they point out the facts: Is not our law school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/12/1938 | See Source »

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