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Word: spam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...building, rebuilding, camouflaging and drilling two or three hours before dark, so there is time for a baseball game or a swim (being careful of the sharp coral rocks). Or perhaps a can of beer-the ration is two cans a week in the isolated outposts. Supper may be Spam, canned beans, baked potatoes, coffee with chicory and canned milk, Jello...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT HOME & ABROAD: Life on the Atolls | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

...blonde, blue-eyed Dorothy Laxon, 22, of Minneapolis, told her tale. She took up dancing at 12, got her stage start five years ago with one of Packer George A. Hormel's traveling shows to advertise Hormel meat products. Rather than risk winding up her career as a Spam actress, Dorothy sent her picture to Chez Paree, has been one of 17 girls in the line there for four years. Dorothy's ambition: a chance in a Broadway show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Chorus Calls | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

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