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Word: ma (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that he knew would be a good one-chicken. Suddenly the jailer came to his cell and told him his execution had been stayed. Mr. McCarthy's face brightened, then fell. Said he: "Captain, lemme ask you one favor. Lemme stay in here tonight, Boss, and eat ma meal. Lemme eat that chicken just like I was going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Chicken | 11/16/1925 | See Source »

Only a year ago she was elected and less than a year ago she took office, but already there is talk in Texas of impeaching the Governess, Mrs. M. A. ("Ma") Ferguson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: In Texas | 11/2/1925 | See Source »

Last year Cornell's high-powered applecart was ditched by Rutgers; this year, with a remodeled chassis, four wheels (Carpenter, Gassner, Fratt, Butterfield) and no brakes, it flattened this small thank-you-ma'am entirely. Score: Cornell 41; Rutgers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: FOOTBALL: Football: Oct. 26, 1925 | 10/26/1925 | See Source »

...pages for $8.27, reads the last chapter, on "Sex Appeal". A very adequate and pretty plot, this, for a musical comedy-it offers neat openings for such songs as That snug gle-up-and-hug-store, That hold me tight and- mug-store- That clove-kissing, licoricing, Drug-store Ma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Sep. 14, 1925 | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

...facts are that, on the morning of the day in question, an unknown caddy handed to Mr. Wm. Serrick a note written on one of our sending newspaper special blanks. This note read: "Ma died at eight o'clock this morning. Line." Line is the pet name of Lincoln Serrick, a younger brother of the addressee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 7, 1925 | 9/7/1925 | See Source »

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