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Word: jongg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with some scientists that tales of them arose from our forefathers' reminiscences of brontosauri and kindred fauna. But he is very polite and does not press his own ingenious theory until the very end. There he also says a word about four modern dragons? Respectability, Bigotry, Cant and Mah Jongg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Tolerance | 8/31/1925 | See Source »

...story which appeared in the CRIMSON yesterday, and which ran in several Boston papers, stating that several Chinese students at the University had earned money by teaching their fellow-students to play mah Jongg was found today to be erroneous. To date no cases of this have been reported...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Find No Student Mah Jongg Teachers | 11/18/1924 | See Source »

Chinese students in the University have earned considerable money in the past two years by teaching their fellow students to play the game of Mah Jongg. So, at least, reads the report of the University secretary for student employment. And this is but one of the many ways in which a great many of the students make money during the college term, and during the summer and vacations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHINESE STUDENTS BECOME MAH JONGG INSTRUCTORS | 11/17/1924 | See Source »

...Jongg Nightmare" is the title of one of the newest popular songs on the market. Two Harvard undergraduates are its authors, N. H. Barker '27, and C. A. Brodeur '27. Brodeur composed the music, while Barker wrote the words. Brodeur and Barker are not only the authors of the song, but also the publishers, having formed the Barker-Brodeur Publishing Co., with offices in the Old South Building. The two Sophomores are hoping to have their production broadcasted by WNAC, the broadcasting department of the Shepard stores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SOPHOMORES WRITE LATEST POPULAR SONG HIT | 10/27/1924 | See Source »

...Jongg sets costing over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: Fourth Edition | 4/14/1924 | See Source »

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