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Word: plopping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...kept the rubber ballot-with one significant change. Formerly, soft rubber balls were used; since they made no sound, it was a true variation of the secret ballot. Now, hard rubber balls are used; though they drop noiselessly, rumor has spread among Yugoslavs that they fall with a distinct "plop!", and that anyone who does not choose the Titoist list proclaims himself as publicly as a medieval leper with a bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: The Rubber Ballot | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

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