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Word: moonrocket (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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Usage:

...soon as the bus doors opened, even the reddest-eyed wanted to beeline it for the fair's million-dollar midway. They could see the wonders agleam in the sun-the Rolloplanes, the two Ferris wheels, the giant roller coaster, the crazy houses, the Moonrocket and the sideshow tent. But teachers and chaperons had come in the buses, too, and they had a mind for other things. One teacher bluntly told her charges: "You can't ride a thing until you see all the serious exhibits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Big Time in Dallas | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

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