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Word: mouthing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...certain thrilled ecstasy introduced in irrelevant scenes. The doctor is done by Pat O'Brien, with a stupid tenderness that is positively intelligent, but Ross Alexander as Eric is quite uncalled-for; since his last role he has managed to put still another hot potato in his mouth...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/8/1936 | See Source »

...Nice, France, Sweden's King Gustaf V summoned Mouth Organist Larry Adler, demanded "something lively," enthusiastically applauded Yankee Doodle, chuckled at The Sidewalks of New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 20, 1936 | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

Last week pinheaded Daniel Bannister was convicted of murder, the jury recommending clemency. The judge called up the two youths and, wiping his mouth with his handkerchief, muttered, "I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead and may Almighty God have mercy on your souls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: New Brunswick's First | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

...mouth watered for a good juicy steak a few times," declared Mr. Aider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: $8.20 Fast | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

...worn market basket. Every inquiry is answered by letter or in print. Dorothy Dix spends the morning sorting mail, penciling notations on routine queries to be replied to by her devoted chief secretary, Mrs. Ellen Bentley Arthur. Knottier inquiries are answered by dictation direct from the oracle's mouth. A few howlers are preserved for the edification of Miss Dix's friends. One which the childless adviser particularly ikes: "My baby's navel looks downcast. What can I do to naturalize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Decades of Dix | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

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