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Word: laps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

Everything thirsty leans to lap it, with stretched head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Two Against One | 4/6/1936 | See Source »

...refusal to read newspapers on Sunday and his instinctive habit of not feeling strictly bound by promises which British statesmen may make outside the United Kingdom (TIME, Dec. 30). If the Council of the League of Nations should proceed to meet in London, virtually "in Baldwin's lap," not only the Prime Minister but also the John & Jane Bulls he so much resembles might take the Hitler Rupture into their "thinking machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Germans Preferred | 3/23/1936 | See Source »

...five seconds is taken. By an intricate and highly developed system of mathematics it can be figured out that this time would make the time for a mile at four minutes and 26 seconds, which Woodward could best when he is at his best by walking the last lap...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Runners Get Third as Jaspers Triumph in I.C.4A | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

...just lof Harvard boys," sighed Lupe Velez, fiery Mexican star of stage and screen, in her dressing room Monday at the Keith-Boston Theatre, as she regretfully admitted she had never sat in John Harvard's lap as Sally Rand, of the notorious fans, claims she has done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lupe Velez Loves Harvard Boys, but Has Never Sat in John Harvard's Lap | 3/4/1936 | See Source »

...mile race was really settled in the second lap when Bob Brayton, starting six yards behind, managed to come up with a terrific kick, giving Northrup a lead. Bill O'Connor; running as another man, broke the tape well ahead of Cornell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACKMEN VICTORIOUS AS MILT GREEN STARS | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

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