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Word: lickin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...PepsiCo, it was a finger- lickin' good deal. The secondlargest U.S. soft- drink manufacturer (1985 sales: $8.1 billion) announced last week that it had agreed to acquire Kentucky Fried Chicken, now owned by RJR Nabisco, for about $850 million. If the deal goes through, the purchase of the 6,500 KFC restaurants will give PepsiCo, which already owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, some 14,000 fast-food outlets, more than any other chain. McDonald's, with 9,000 stores, is the current leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Food: Pepsi Bags Kentucky Fried | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

...exception, though, is one totally mysterious digital game with a bespectacled plastic hen perched on its dashboard. It's called I Took a Lickin' from a Chicken, and when you're outperformed the bird does a little convulsive dance and cackles throatily...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Every Child a Deity | 12/9/1980 | See Source »

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