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Word: sloshing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...similar crowd and atmosphere can be found at Chi-Chi's (1001 Mass. Ave.), the ersatz Mexican restaurant near the Orson Welles Theater. Margaritas with nachos and refried beans are de igucur here, but more than one have grumbled that the frosty beverage does not have enough alcohol to slosh...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Dad's Passport Mom's Birth Certificate | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

...wily. I frisked his shift and groped his robes. I did his duds like a dowser. . .And it came to me he must have swallowed it. See,' Mills says, and he raises his arms still higher, bringing his palms together in which [his victim's] bowels slosh, collision and shift like so much damp, dark, swollen seaweed beneath his offering, the surgical, amputate bribegold steaming like carrots in soup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Birth of the Blue-Collar Blues | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...your oars and tie in. Shove off at seven exactly. A few short commands from the cox, and your arms, legs and hands snap into their accustomed roles, pulling the blade smoothly back and forth through the water on the paddle. The only sound is the slosh of the water, the knocking in the oarlock, and the creaking of slides on their tracks. You aren't winded yet, and allow your muscles to pull with exquisite control and power. You begin to heat up, and sweat forms cold spots on your back and under your arms...

Author: By William F. Hammond, | Title: Eat, Sleep and ... Row | 3/19/1981 | See Source »

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