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Word: kerplunked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last month, Saunders' one and only Keedoozle in Memphis went kerplunk. In eleven months Saunders had lost $170,000. Said he: "Keedoozle was too much for the average mind to comprehend." Besides attracting too few customers, it cost too much to run the calculators and conveyor belts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Keedoozle Kerplunk | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

...third day of my stay in Cambridge I found the answer. At my first lecture I found my seat and tried to make myself comfortable. It was at this moment that the Harvard hat problem hit me kerplunk in the face...

Author: By Mitchell I. Goodman, | Title: Labor Fellow Eyes Hatless Harvard, Blames Lack of Racks for Bare Pates | 12/11/1942 | See Source »

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