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Word: knifings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Once near midnight a half drunken man rolled into my car ... yelled at me and told me to drive him to Itabashi. . . . When I tried to receive my fee, he suddenly stuck a big knife (deba-bocho) before my eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Return to Normal | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

...Scared of that knife, are you?' he laughed and he slowly put his weapon back into his pocket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Return to Normal | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

...passenger then gave the driver a handful of money, more than the legal fare, and clearly showed that his momentary knife-play had been a joke. But the sensitive driver concluded his story with a shudder, "But that shining knife?I can still see it dangling before my eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Return to Normal | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

...Manhattan one John Benjamin, 60, was disturbed by the sound of a children's party in the flat of one Mrs. Stella Argos. just above his own. Rushing upstairs, he asked Mrs. Argos to quiet the youngsters. When she seemed unconcerned, John Benjamin drew a knife, stabbed her twice in the head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Galoshes | 3/3/1930 | See Source »

...Bradford, Pa., Mrs. Bernice Case asked her husband for a cigaret. When he refused, she stabbed him with a butcher knife, had him taken to a hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Feb. 24, 1930 | 2/24/1930 | See Source »

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