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Word: phews (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Phew! In Stockbridge, Mass., Mrs. John F. Decker argued that no woman should be expected to put up with a man who kept six skunks in the coalbin. She got the divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 14, 1944 | 8/14/1944 | See Source »

...they lived on coconuts for three days, then swam to a larger island, where friendly natives found them the next day, carried back to the Navy base an S O S scratched on a coconut. Back in Hyannis, Mass., informed of his son's rescue, father Joseph commented: "Phew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Losers | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

...they won't fall into high-toned scientific lingo that would baffle the average listener. Inveterate ad libber is impish Dr. Wood, who likes to preface thoughtful discussions of taste with such of his verses as: "Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and skunks are-phew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Bright Quiz | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

...this so-called "American" German sympathizer? What we need is phew-Herr Adlermanns and fiihrer Hitlers in this world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 30, 1940 | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

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