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Word: stomack (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...retail, the prices are a far cry from the $4 to $15 a lb. it brought in 1660, when it was first offered by London's Thomas Garway, a coffee-house proprietor. He plugged it as "good against crudities, strengthening the weakness of the Ventricle or Stomack, causing good Appetite and Digestion, and particularly for Men of a corpulent Body and such as are great eaters of Flesh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: Teapot Tempest | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

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