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Word: liar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rest was drowned out by Hook's shout, "You are a dirty liar when you say Communists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Battle of Washington's Birthday | 3/5/1945 | See Source »

...Congressional Record read "goddamned liar" before the words were stricken from it, but Hook swore he had not used profanity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Battle of Washington's Birthday | 3/5/1945 | See Source »

Sniffs & Snarls. Boss Crump is adept at pitching epithets without catching libel suits. He had his 1,700 words of vituperation-in which the word "rat" appeared 14 times, "liar" 20 times-read aloud in both houses of the Tennessee Legislature, a cleansing process by which slander becomes legally privileged. Then he sent the whole caboodle to the Tennessean by messenger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Wanderoo v. Relic | 2/19/1945 | See Source »

...Every Canadian Customs officer knows very well, deep down in his heart, that the car driver is a liar. One has only to trail a 'tourist' of this type up the street and into the nearest gas station. He collects his twelve gallons, surrenders his permit, and within 15 minutes he's heading back . . . to Detroit. This is going on not only in Windsor, but at every border-crossing point in Canada, † We're giving our gas to gyppers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: Gyp Trippers | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

Love and the Inquisition. Pedro was redhaired, blue-eyed, broad-shouldered, hot-tempered, chivalrous, brave, a good swordsman, a bad liar, and a miser when it came to hanging on to his illusions. When Pedro came upon two ruffians in the forest attacking Catana Pérez (clad only in her shoes, stocking and a torn shift), he cut one with his whip and rode the other down with his horse, though Catana was only a tavern keeper's daughter. And without quite knowing what he was doing, he delivered himself and his family into the power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Stop Adventure | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

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