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Word: sleighs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Leroy Anderson doesn't have time to play his trombone--or his tuba, double bass, organ or cello, for that matter--any more. But no one scems to mind. People who have heard "Wintergreen," "Fiddle-Faddle," or "Sleigh-Ride," are quite willing to settle for Anderson as a composer...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: "Sort of In-Between" | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

...more than ever an unusual figure -an educator who never claimed to be learned, seldom had time to read, still spoke with a Yankee twang. Old boys and townspeople remembered him jingling to school on snowy days in his horse-drawn sleigh, or shuffling through the autumn leaves with his worn grey cape blowing behind him. He has long kept office at a big desk in the hallway of the main building, where boys can stop and chat between classes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Massachusetts Yankee | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

Died. Dr. George Elliott MacKinnon, 65, bluff, beloved country doctor, who won fame when hundreds of his former patients turned out to celebrate "Doc MacKinnon" day (TIME, Nov. 26, 1945); after long illness; in Prentice, Wis. In 30 years he delivered 3,000 babies, wore out 17 cars, a sleigh, a buggy, a snowmobile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 30, 1948 | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

Tobogganing, sleigh-riding, and ice fishing provide plenty of sport for the non-skier, while dog-sled races and horse racing on ice have been known to lure even slat fiends from the trail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow Novelties Entice Ski Misfits | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

...Good times and thrills" also are available in sleigh trips, bay rides, and even square dancing. Then again, you could always learn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow Novelties Entice Ski Misfits | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

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