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...baleful leer would awaken fear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A MARKING SYSTEM. | 5/2/1873 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "leer" throughout decades:

1870s : 1.7522
1880s : 0.3531
1920s : 1.0480
1930s : 0.8822
1940s : 1.4427
1950s : 1.6608
1960s : 1.7997
1970s : 1.4347
1980s : 0.4950
1990s : 0.6327
2000s : 0.4984