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Word: spankeren (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1938-1938
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Usage:

...months, "any person" can sue the winner for three times the loser's losses, the county taking one-half of the sum recovered. Last week's suit, brought by a Mrs. Libbie Maxwell against "Big Bill" Johnson & four associates, declared that her son-in-law, Herman Van Spankeren Jr., lost $15,000 of hers over a period of seven months in the D & D Club, Horseshoe Club, Harlem Stables and Devlin Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Gamblers and Rattrap | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

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