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Word: prin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hangman's Whip (by Norman Reilly Raine & Frank Butler; William A. Brady Jr., producer). "The fear o' hell," wrote Bobby Burns, "is a hangman's whip." For 30 years, with whip and gun, Cockney Trader Prin (portly Montague Love, who muscles people around with his stomach) has put the fear o' hell into the natives living far up an African river. He has also broken most of the white assistants that have served under him for, as he says, "I ain't run this river plying tiddly-winks." But two of his helpers he does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Mar. 6, 1933 | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

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