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Word: stomachful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enters the water absolutely perpendicularly. The slightest variation from a 90 degree angle will cause the oar to "knife in" and dig too deeply into the water. When this happens, the handle of the oar is apt to come up suddenly and hit the unsuspecting rower in the stomach, often lifting him unceremoniously out of the boat and depositing him in the river...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Long Training, Sheer Strength, and an Excellent Coach Give Harvard Great Varsities Every Year | 5/14/1949 | See Source »

...Republicans were not appeased. Cried New Hampshire's angry Styles Bridges: "Everyone on the Republican side this morning was either sick to his stomach or mad as hell. It is impossible for me to understand how any Republican Senator would resign his position of responsibility and trust when it meant turning the post over to a Democrat.* It doesn't smell good to me." But to the Democrats, and especially to Chester Bowles, it smelled fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONNECTICUT: One More Democrat | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Said Boysen: "I went on the field to pat Jackie Robinson on the back. Suddenly I got hit from behind. I fell down . . . I saw Durocher kick me in the stomach . . . Then the fans took me outside near a hot-dog stand when I passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Out In Center-Field | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...officers are planning an outing of just the type that causes Al Capp to be violently, publicly, and (it is believed) figuratively sick to his stomach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Outing Club Goes Out On Picnic Tomorrow | 5/7/1949 | See Source »

TIME hits a new low [April 4] with so much space devoted to Diego Rivera. Even his leering likeness on your cover is more nauseous to my stomach (uncultured though it may be) than any amount of overripe duck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 25, 1949 | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

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