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Word: raccoons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...course, I'm glad you invited me up, you know I am. it's so exciting with everyone going across the bridge like this. . . is that where you have your crew races? . . . well, then why do they have the boat houses here? . . . Oh, look at those two boys in raccoon coats. . . aren't they a scream? . . . you may have to tell me what they're doing sometimes, I mean, I love to watch and when everyone gets up at the beginning of the game when they're doing sometimes, I mean, I love to watch and when everyone gets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Run, Girls, Run! | 10/28/1950 | See Source »

...exclusive rights to the games as they are played. NBC Vice President "Chic" Showerman happily ticked off the advantages: "On large-screen theater TV you can smell the players, they're that close. You can go to a game, you won't have to wear the old raccoon coat, and you don't have to get drunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: No Flask | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

...First catch a raccoon (a "cagey" animal), then go on from there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 19, 1950 | 6/19/1950 | See Source »

Everyone can recognize the show-off. He is found in clusters, and his natural habitat is the college campus. He enjoys the raccoon coat, the letter sweater, and the old rat-eaten loafers. A battered hat usually adorns his head, and his tie is better hidden than displayed, as it either depicts lewd scenes, or squirts water at unlucky admirers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men Preen Feathers As Females Snicker | 5/11/1950 | See Source »

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