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Word: prefixed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...neat, streamlined, trim; P-38 (Lockheed's swift, highflying, two-engined interceptor that climbs so fast pilots are apt to get the bends), similar but dangerous for the inexperienced; P39 (Bell's Airacobra pursuit which has several rare features, engine behind the pilot), strange, swift, mysterious; the prefix Z (for obsolete), over age 28; O-47 (North American observation plane), a girl from Dorothy Parker's couplet-wears glasses; B-19 (Douglas' huge bomber), stylish stout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Sidewalk Talk | 9/15/1941 | See Source »

...prefix meaning a compound of sulfur and ammonia. Sulfa is medical shorthand for sul-fonatnide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: New Wonder Drug | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

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