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Word: silken (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...silken apparel of wealth are stranger things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Laureate Testifies | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...silken or in leathern purse retains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Splendid Shilling | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...away from home eight years ago and worked her way to Europe as a stewardess. Expecting a spirited, sprightly creature, her first audience was surprised to see an unusually large woman make a stolid entrance on the Carnegie Hall stage, to hear her sing in a strong, silken voice a recital which was consistently dull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Singing Emmas | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

Eventually it was in the maize field that peasant searchers found Baroness Irma Molnar, strangled by a heavy silken cord. Tied to one of the tassels was a crisp card, on which was written in what some thought feminine script...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Richest Woman | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...poles were erected in sockets on the table and a bell suspended from them by silken cords. At a word of admonition the bell rang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ghostbusting | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

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