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Word: minit-rub (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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Usage:

...Example, by Double-Talker Murray ("Looney") Lewis during a Fred Allen broadcast about the New York World's Fair Hall of Pharmacy: "Ilfus on the bildad with just enough reticulation on the nostrum to allograph Ipana, Minit-Rub and Sal Hepatica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Villainy | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...Buick's expensive sponsorship of Joe Louis' recent sweet but short fights. Radio Jester Fred Allen, who sells Ipana tooth paste and other Bristol-Myers nostrums, last week bested the bunch by cracking: "I hear if his fights get any shorter the broadcasts will be sponsored by Minit-Rub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Crack | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

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