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Word: queerly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long in coming. There was a man out there, a man from the North, whose name was John Brown. He had a queer look in his eye and he hated the Slaves. It didn't take him long to draw the blood of Kansas. It spilled at Leavenworth, and it spilled at Lawrence, and all the while John Brown exulted in it, exulted in his rifle and in killing, killing the enemy. The calm of the nation was shattered, and once more the North and South took up the ancient battle-cries, revived the sputtering debates in Congress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/9/1940 | See Source »

...fans because of his claim that Artie Shaw's retirement from the dance business was due to more than a desire for philosophical peace and tranquility; that in fact it was a rather hasty exodus. We have quite plainly thought that Artie was at times more than a little queer in his actions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWING | 2/16/1940 | See Source »

...late fabulous Andrew Carnegie; and James Frederick Gordon Thomson, 43, sporty Edinburgh lawyer: their first child, a daughter; on the Carnegie estate, Skibo Castle, Scotland. Once reminisced an old Skibo servant: "I'll not forget the way he [Carnegie] looked up at the castle with that queer smile o' his. 'Steel built yon hame,' the auld mon said, 'but it's love that'll keep it together when I'm called away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 29, 1940 | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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