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Word: peps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...disgrace in it--get that out of your heads. IT IS BEING DONE! Don't wait to be spurred on by the leader, do your own cheering. Remember the game can only be won by YOU. And YOU will win it only by showing a bit of spirit and pep...

Author: By E. W. Gross, | Title: Communication | 11/6/1924 | See Source »

...sullied his hands in "trade". The violent prejudices of the old people threaten to spoil "the ideal" and the "affair" of the young people as well; but the generous and sympathetic intervention of Lady Beauchamp, who is American-made, and the "chip of the old block" pep and head-work of "the clever young American" insure an amicable result. Here it is that the author proves that the appellation "Bull" is not one of the inalienable rights of English men, but can be equally well applied to an American Sam or Hiram, Strained relations, vehement protestations, and misunderstandings follow...

Author: By A. H. W. h., | Title: ANGLO-AMERICAN PACT PROSPERS HUGELY | 10/22/1924 | See Source »

...been renamed the "Pep", and the "Brown Pup" has been changed to the "Black Pup". The names of the "White Pup" and the "Class of 1892" are unchanged. These 4 boats have been painted a brilliant crimson. The "Black Pup" has a 2 inch black stripe on each side and across the stern to distinguish it from the "White Pup," which has a similar stripe of white...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Pip" Becomes "Pep" and "Brown Pup", "Black Pup" as Crew Coaching Launches Receive New Names and Fresh Paint | 9/26/1924 | See Source »

During the summer all the gasoline engines were overhauled and repainted, and they are now in perfect working condition; so much so, in fact, that the lowly "Pep" can now keep pace with the pride of the fleet, the "Patricia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Pip" Becomes "Pep" and "Brown Pup", "Black Pup" as Crew Coaching Launches Receive New Names and Fresh Paint | 9/26/1924 | See Source »

...will be a mean line in that racy American language he knows so well. . . . You can depend on one thing?the letters will be crammed full of speed, zip, pep and go! A guy who could write a song out of a flock of bugle calls and help win a war will write some letter?the kind that will make you shout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cohan | 9/15/1924 | See Source »

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