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Word: slobberly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chauffeur Ben knew Sol was behind it when a bank was cracked by "four wild kids, anywhere from eighteen to twenty, scared so bad the slobber is running out of their mouths, couple of them coked to the ears, their suspenders stretched double from the gats they got in their pants." He passed on the dope to the smart miss who was vote-getting for Sol's political opponents. Ben fed her tips all through the elections; got Sol run out of town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wonderful Pulp | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

...inmate of one of the largest penitentiaries in the world, San Quentin. A horrible prison, through which one sees a stream of faces; solemn, accusing faces, and vacuous, prying faces that twitch and slobber in thrill-sated ecstasy at sight of one who still professes his patriotism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 3, 1941 | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

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