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Word: nicky (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Margaret E. Clark, clad in a wedding gown of tobacco leaves. A Cuban girl named Pilar Farfante and a man named Manuel Perez won the cigarmaking contest, she rolling her two cigars in 4 min. 35 4/5 sec., he in 2/5 sec. less. The decks were cleared for Dancer Nicki Leoni, who appeared in a disappointingly simple evening gown of native design. As the music grew faster and the dance grew hotter, she stripped off her dress bit by bit, finally emerged in a skirt and brassière of tobacco leaves-about enough to make six cigars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Cigar Celebration | 3/4/1935 | See Source »

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