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Word: smokin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...training camp at Grossinger's resort, the slab-chested challenger, Jerry Quarry, 24, growled: "I'll come out burn-in'." At the nearby Concord Hotel, the undefeated champion, Joe Frazier, 25, growled: "I'll come out smokin'." Fight fans have learned to expect that the loud er the talk the duller the fight - but not this time. At Madison Square Garden last week, both fighters were burnin' and smokin' in one of the hottest heavyweight bouts in recent years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boxing: Winner, and Still (Partial) Champ | 7/4/1969 | See Source »

...easy 'nough to titter w'en de stew is smokin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: He That Hath a Trade | 1/26/1962 | See Source »

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