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Word: mistah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Memphis' Boss Crump, who had been sulking ever since his candidate for the Senate was clobbered in the Democratic primary, was asked if he would support the Republicans. Said Mistah Crump: "My mind is pleasantly blank on the subject. I am sitting as comfortable as a pair of old shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: The Pot Boils, Oct. 11, 1948 | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...made a suit for $75,000,000 technically possible. Last week Al Capp devoted two panels of his regular Sunday strip to a cold public apology, letting Dogpatcher Mammy Yokum do most of the talking: "Sartin parties got their feelin's hurt! Yo' gotta make it right, Mistah Capp!! It's the code o'th'hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Apology for Margaret | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

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