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Word: joes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...comes from a popular I.W.W. song, The Preacher and the Slaves: . . . Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie, in the sky, When you die- It's a lie! The song, written by Joe Hill (executed for murder in 1915) and sung to the tune of In the Sweet Bye and Bye, was intended to counteract Salvation Army propaganda, reflects orthodox radical agnosticism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 10, 1938 | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

Facing the tired and crippled Cubs in the World Series, opening at Chicago this week, are the slugging New York Yankees, who clinched the American League pennant (for the third consecutive year) fortnight ago. Although no club has ever won three World Series in a row, Manager Joe McCarthy's Yankees were last week quoted odds-on favorites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pennant Race | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...Another Louisiana machine cutter has been invented by Joe Munson of Houma, who claims it will do the work of 125 humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cane-Cutter? | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...took Joe, who rises early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Likes & Dislikes | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...Joe my yearling, on my shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Likes & Dislikes | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

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