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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Repossession. In Springfield, Mass., when James Smith told the court that he could not pay a $50 traffic fine, Judge Ralph S. Spooner suggested that he raise the money by selling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 31, 1949 | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...called after William A. Spooner, (1844-1930), onetime Warden of New College, Oxford, who is credited with scores of mixed-up quotations (mostly legendary), including the granddaddy of all Spoonerisms: "Mardon me, padam, but I think you are occupewing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Backnagle's Stoop | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

...KATHLEEN SPOONER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 1, 1945 | 10/1/1945 | See Source »

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