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Word: sirloin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...alarm at Mrs. Leigh's home. Reaching the wire fence they could not enter. Politely they phoned credentials (by a telephone at the outer gate); firmly they insisted that they were authentic firemen; were at length given entrance. Mrs. Ward Leigh they found seated before a large sirloin steak. Querulously she told them not to break the glass of her house while extinguishing the fire, then returned casually to consume more meat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jun. 11, 1928 | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

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