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Word: sittin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cummon now, howja know he's a Harvard? she insisted. Well, you really wanna know, huh? he said. I tell ya then. See this car? Every seat in it is taken, ain't it? Everybody's sittin that's got a place to sit. But there's still one vacant seat left--the one next to HIM. That means he's a Harvard for sure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 1/19/1938 | See Source »

...Governor the idea of spicing up his speeches with songs by the Yacht Club Boys, Rubinoffs fiddling. Before long Dick Powell wins the party nomination, campaigns successfully with speeches guaranteed not to last more than 30 seconds and with such songs as Thanks a Million, I'm Sittin' High on a Hilltop, I've Got a Pocket Full of Sunshine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Zanuck's Start | 11/25/1935 | See Source »

...does for The Kingfish, Brother Crawford and Lightnin'). Testified Mme Queen: ''The second time Andy was in there, he said to me, he said: 'Sweetheart, this is one of the best manicures I ever had.' . . . One night we had a date, and we was sittin' on the sofa, and he sez to me: 'Kiss me, honey,' and I say: 'You go 'way from here 'cause I ain't gonna kiss no man.' ... He got down on one knee and begged me to marry him. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 9, 1931 | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

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