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Word: jackassical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Through this the son of a wild jackass stabbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Strange Garret | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...when the noble Grundy saw the jackass stab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Strange Garret | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...looked like a goat . . . had ears like a jackass, a back like a sawbuck, no shine on the hair. The head was bent and, to top it all, the pup was cross-eyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Turnip | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...speech to New England manufacturers in Washington he declared the insurgent Republicans opposing his Old Guard were "sons of the wild jackass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TARIFF: Abuse, Rout, Surrender | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...whole continent. Although he preceded in popularity such current figures as Paul Whiteman and Meyer Davis he has consistently refused to take his profession solemnly. Asked to give a jazz concert in Carnegie Hall, Manhattan, he replied: ''Boloney! Do you want to make me out a jackass?" His orchestra is a well-schooled unit of lively individuals. He was one of the first jazz-producers to practice leaving the orchestral dais and wandering among the dancers while playing. He has played in many a musical comedy, in bigtime vaudeville. The Prince of Wales is his friend. He spends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newsreel Theatre | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

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