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Word: pokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...given me needs. Now I need my ClownCar. My clown hat. My clown shoes. And my funky,poke-a-dot clown suspenders...

Author: By David L. Rettig, | Title: A FABLE | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...might call it buying a pig in a poke. Fifteen months ago, Ronald and Mary Kalish of Arizona adopted Sir Francis Bacon (Frank, for short) as a pet, and their life has never been quite the same. After supper, when the family gathers around the TV, Frank will squeal and howl if the channel is switched from his favored westerns or cartoons. Come bedtime, there is only one place where he will sleep: on the Kalishes' king-size mattress, snuggled between Mary and Ronald. If reproved, Frank may try to urinate on the offender's foot. Yet, far from feeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: This Little Piggy Ate Roast Beef | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...Crimson got its skating legs again and dominated the third period. But it just couldn't poke the puck...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Dartmouth Tops Icewomen in OT, 3-2 | 1/5/1990 | See Source »

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