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Word: phew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...take all the oil out of Pew. There isn't anything to take out of Cooke. . . . Why, every time 'Jumping Jay' Cooke hands out a statement prepared by the high-priced utilities' publicity department, the stench of crude oil causes the public to say 'phew,' sometimes pronounced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Campaigns | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

That night Mrs. Roosevelt got word of the attempt on her husband's life when she returned from a speaking engagement to her Manhattan home. Said she: "Phew! . . . But then those things are to be expected." Next day she went as scheduled to Ithaca, N. Y. to deliver an address...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Escape | 2/27/1933 | See Source »

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