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Word: squabs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fans the winter just past was less joyous than it rightfully should have been. At first the rubbery chicken and mashed peas of the banquet circuit tasted like squab and asparagus hollandaise, but Jim Lonborg's skiing injury and Tony Conigliaro's non-recovery from last year's beaning ruined the flavor...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: SPORTS of the 'CRIME' | 4/9/1968 | See Source »

...American puffer fish, which are also poisonous, are sold as "sea squab" or under some other euphemistic name. Only the back flesh is cut free; the dangerous remainder of the fish is discarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chemistry: Formula of Fugu | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

FESTIVAL OF GAS. Its blue and green color scheme is one of the coolest sights in the industrial area. From the glass-walled room, the diner can look out over a flower-sprinkled moat while enjoying such entrées as compote of squab, tender loin flared in bourbon or baked country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New York Fair: Jul. 31, 1964 | 7/31/1964 | See Source »

Harvard tiddlywinkers had a new experience Saturday. They won. Encouraged by the spirited music of the Harvard band and by cries of "Squidge, Harvard, squidge" and "Hold that Squab," from a partisan audience, the Gargoyle Undergraduate Tiddlywink Society (GUTS) defeated a novice Holy Cross team by the convincing score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiddlywinkers Win | 10/15/1962 | See Source »

...exotic items as Bongo Bongo Soup, Javanese Sate and Bah-Mee, they are really American versions (or inventions) for American palates. "Take a Tahitian pudding made with arrowroot," says the Trader. "It's so tough you can throw it and use it as a handball. Or take a squab. In the average Chinese restaurant, that little fella comes out with his dead eyes staring you in the face. When the customer sees that naked head and the beak and the eyes, he wants no part of it. We chop the neck off it, barbecue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Polynesia at Dinnertime | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

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