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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Advertising a Washington fur sale, a gabby disc jockey substituted the word "potatoes" for dollars, cried: "You can get this coat for 497 potatoes." A paper-box factory foreman named Cecil Lineback took him at his word. He hurriedly bought the potatoes, rushed into the furrier's, and, after hours of heated negotiation, walked out with a sheared beaver coat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Mar. 1, 1948 | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

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