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Word: melone (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week from 39 hours to 44 at the same pay. ∙∙ Vice President Henry A. Wallace stepped to bat in a charity softball game, nearly swung himself off his feet at a ball three feet wide of the plate, then made a comeback with two hits. ∙∙ Melon-waisted Leon Hender son, who had long hung his thumbs on a low-slung belt, changed to white suspenders, hung his thumbs up three inches higher, pronounced the new arrangement good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Washington | 6/16/1941 | See Source »

...agent of the society looked into the larder of one middle-aged couple, found "two apples, one quarter of a melon, and about a cup of beans." Said the wife: "If we could just once get enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OHIO: Enough to Eat | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

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