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Word: klu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...becoming clear that out of Oklahoma, as out of Africa, there comes ever something new. Having grown tired of raising broom corn, oil booms, and Klu Klux bands the bold Westerners have bitcired their belts another notch, sworn dutifully at the broiling sun and attacked that most revered of institutions the prohibition joke. Lest they continue to merit the reputation for over-hasty action, once gained by speed on the trigger and again confirmed by gubernatorial impeachments, the Oklahoma have, however, considerately buried their protest against this kind of humor in the body of a speech in defense of prohibition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THRICE FAREWELL! | 5/24/1924 | See Source »

OKLAHOMA: The Reverend W. G. Mahoney, imperial klokard of the Klu Klux Klan, told the Legislature: "This country has a super-government. We must break it. We will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE STATES | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

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