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Word: offen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...left hand. He has extraordinary charm. His language is rich and picturesque, his grammar all his own. 'A nigger-lipped sand-lapper,' was the description of one opponent. He described the unwillingness of politicians to leave office as, 'You cain't cut a feller offen his clabber.' His enemies, he said, 'ain't worth hating, nohow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: In Texas | 12/7/1925 | See Source »

...blockade of the Yale offen Saturday, Harvard won virtual victory over a team that early in the season was heralded as many times its superior. The comeback against odds that the Crimson has made is the most startling and creditable of the season. That, according to press writers, Coach Fisher was striving to build up a defense to hold the Yale scoring to a minimum while Coach Jones was debating whether to roll up an obliterating tally or content himself with a moderate victory for the sake of many substitutions, must make Cambridge hearts glow with ghoulish glee. Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 11/25/1925 | See Source »

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