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Word: pruf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Linotying was under the capable mishandling of the erratic and esthetic Dick Dyer in the twenties, and credit goes to him for about the worst "pruf hak (proof reading error)" in the paper's 80 years. A solemn theological article appeared one morning bearing the head-line, "Christianity: A Positive Farce...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: The Crime---Action and Achievement | 1/8/1953 | See Source »

Snagless Zipper. Manhattan's Snag-Pruf Zipper Corp., which has been turning out a new nonjamming zipper for wholesalers at the rate of 100,000 a day, will sell it at retail for the first time this summer. The "trolley" can be removed from the tracks simply by pressing down on the tab used to pull it. Thus, any material that has been caught up can easily be freed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jun. 2, 1952 | 6/2/1952 | See Source »

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