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Word: speakin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...home and a thriving vegetable patch, turned tombstone carver about five years ago because of a vision. To friends last week he explained his conversion: "Dis here stone n' all those out there in de yard-come from God. It's de word in Jesus speakin' his mind in my mind. I mus' be one of his 'ciples. Dese here is mirkels I can do. Cain't nobody do dese but me. I cain't help carvin' I jes' does it. It's like when you're leavin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mirkels | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...know how I like Mac West? Well, I like her an awful lot myself; she is very clever. It's the way she is able to put things over that no one else would have a chance at getting away with that makes her what she is. I was speakin' a little while ago with some friends down in New Orleans and I asked them if they liked songs that were a bit--well you know what I mean. They said they didn't like 'em so well, but when I asked them about Miss West, they said they thought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boswell Sisters Wish Crimson Luck Against Yale Bulldog---Would Like To Be Present at Contest | 11/25/1933 | See Source »

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