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Word: stringier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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...some 30,000,000,000 bands a year). Stockings and underpants will draggle down minus garters, stocking tops, elastic waist bands. Feet will get wet: fewer galoshes, boots, rubbers. Relaxation will be harder: no more foamed rubber latex auto cushions, Pullman cushions, home and hospital mattresses. Hair will be stringier on next year's beaches: no more bathing caps (last year: 11,500,000); and no more rubber bathing suits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War, HORRORS OF WAR: No Cushions | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

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