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Word: smite (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tycoon had smitten tycoon. The thews and sinews of St. Davids were those of the Chairman of the Buenos Aires & Pacific Railway, Argentine Great Western Railway, Costa Rica Co., etc., etc. When Tycoon Kylsant decided to smite back next day, he entered! the lists as Chairman of the Royal Mail, of the White Star Line and many another line, also as Knight of Justice of St. John of Jerusalem. Rising to address a shareholders' meeting of one of his subsidiary companies the "Lord of the Seven Seas" shook his impressive mane of pure white hair and solemnly declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Tycoon v. Tycoon | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...Smite...

Author: By R. W. P., | Title: THE CRIME | 2/16/1929 | See Source »

Feeling that the American arguments had been lacking in substance, Andrew Haddon of Edinburgh University gave vent to the boast that he would "smite them hip and thigh, and scatter the bones of their arguments to the four winds." The whole contention of the English speakers was that pacifism was a good peace time doctrine, but did not reach the fundamental causes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Victory Gives Winners Lead in International Series | 10/29/1927 | See Source »

...object in socker* to kick a round inflated pigskin into a rectangular net, known as goal. But human, feet often err; smite opponents in the shins, groins, stomachs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Socker | 5/2/1927 | See Source »

...What animal did Balaam smite cruelly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Game No. 1 | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

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