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Word: sward (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Flattop's Boy. In Trenton, Tenn., after an eight-hour police inspection, Minneapolis Tourist John Sward was allowed to proceed south in his 1942 Oldsmobile equipped with hot plate, fully stocked icebox, cooking utensils, groceries, bed, solar-heated water tank, showerbath, and, lashed to the roof, a bicycle for use in case of breakdowns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 13, 1956 | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

...mulch in his bottomless black beard. "Why don't you shave it off?" tittered his model, who was posing coolly without a stitch. Davidson flew out to the barber, soon emerged as smooth as Tweedledee. When he got home, Mrs. Davidson took one look at the close-cut sward and shrieked: "You are awful-you are terrible-don't come near me-don't touch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Face Values | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

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