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Word: knocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...Knock His Hood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 2, 1928 | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...every knock is a boost, keep on knocking until you have knocked his hood down over his shoulders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 2, 1928 | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...Eastman has a faithful, attendant physician, Dr. Albert D. Kaiser. His sharp ears caught the sound of a hasty knock as the sleeping car attendant dashed past his door. "I arose," said Dr. Kaiser afterward, "and found Eastman sleeping peacefully. ... I told him to fly. ... He grabbed for his clothes, but I shouted: 'Leave everything! Not a second to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Fire de Luxe | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

...Every knock is a boost-keep it up, but you can discontinue my subscription to TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 19, 1928 | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

Godfrey-Paolino. For a long time George Godfrey, 240-pound black man has been giving people the impression that he could knock out Dempsey and Tunney the same night if he would only try. For a long time George Godfrey has demanded what he thinks he deserves-a match with Tunney. Only a few sharp-eyed critics have warned George Godfrey that the trouble with demanding what he deserves is that he might get it. Last week in Los Angeles George Godfrey met squatty Paolino Uzcudun, Basque, who still has to bring an interpreter to the ring so that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Clinches | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

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