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Word: poppin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...goes on to discuss "welded-steel four-thousand pound artichokes" and sings a chorus about "poppin" Darvon and mothballs" and "sleepin' on paper towels and drinkin...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Not-So-Great Days | 4/18/1979 | See Source »

...saying of the adoption: "It was 99% of the preacher's problem. If you ask me, some of those Christians ought to be thrown to the lions." Billy later said that he had been "sort of misquoted. Most Plains residents dismissed Billy's charge. "He was just poppin' off," said one woman. "Why, the wife of the head of the board of deacons at the church frequently baby-sat for the child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITIES: To the Lions | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

When Carter stood on another stage some 2000 miles away, arm-in-arm with hell-raisin', needle-poppin', perversely angelic Gregg Allman, waving to a generally stoned-out, dismal and politically-indifferent throng of the type that drab-and-dreary Providence seems to muster best, he seemed once again ill-at-ease but nevertheless convivial. Once again, he gave the crowd what it wanted--this time, a short speech, and the Allman Brothers Band. To a chorus of chortles and hisses, Carter raised his arms like a quarterback beckoning for audibility, and said...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: Blue Skies Over Georgia | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

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