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Word: jacked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...females. For ensemble acts, the chorines, seated around the room, suddenly pull off their evening gowns and, with very little on, flounce into their routines. After each specialty act, the audience is warned that the next one will be worse. Two husky bruisers, "Machine Gun Butch" Gardina and "Little" Jack Horner, 6 ft. 6, preserve order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: World's Worst | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...these up-&-coming pugilists are at least two years away from heavyweight championship calibre. In the meantime, in order to give customers their money's worth, one sportswriter suggested that Black-jack Joe take on all current contenders-Lou Nova, Max Baer, Bob Pastor, Tony Galento-in one evening, one at a time, like a barfly's dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Black-Jack Joe | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

From last year's Yardlings come two men, Jack Schwede and Charlie Brackett, who alternated in the Freshman games last year. While both men were handicapped by illness at different periods, they were largely responsible for the Samborski nine's success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Battery Candidates Report Today for First Baseball Practice of New Season | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...mile relay team, composed of Ros Brayton, Al Hanlon, Jack McClure, and Joe Bradley, finished second to a very strong N. Y. U. outfit, but managed to nose out Yale, Dartmouth, and Columbia in that order for Harvard's only other points at the Games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mile Relay Team Captures Big Three Title in New York | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Also unimportant but generally amusing is "Thanks For the Memory," the co-feature. Adequate and often funny, it should never have been billed with Jack Benny, for the films are too much alike...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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