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Word: mancilla (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...wench Melquiades Luna rushed with flashing machete upon Rope-wench Dorotea Mancilla who sat astride a prancing pinto pony. As the axe swung the pony pivoted and the lasso hissed. Caught and pinioned by the terrible rope, Axe-wench Melquiades was dragged over pebbly ground 150 ft., screaming for mercy. Neighbors said that shrewd Rope-wench Dorotea had challenged her rival to their curious duel "about something that has kept them angry at each other for the last two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Rope v. Axe | 8/4/1930 | See Source »

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