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Word: swish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Correcto," said the watchman, "but the ghosts in Dolores go 'swish-swish,' never 'woof-woof,' therefore I shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...Swish-Swish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...only a grandmother now," said Marie of Rumania to a U. S. visitor not long ago with a resigned, gracious swish of her mourning veils. But last week everyone knew that Her Majesty hoped to be elected one of the three Regents of her grandson Boy-King Mihai, in succession to Regent George V. Buzdugan who died fortnight ago of uremia and inflammation of the lungs (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: New Regent | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...ferries which daily swish and creak from Manhattan to Staten Island a busy grimy tribe ply their trade. Their cry is "Shine? Shine?"; their trade is polishing shoes for a dime and, by unwritten law, a nickel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shine | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

...account of stock revealed few changes. The same proportion of the audience mercilessly missed the first act. There was the same tardy cluttering down the aisles, whiffs of expensive perfumes, the swish of wraps, the shooting of cuffs and hats. No Golden Horseshoe boxes had been sold since last season but there had been private rearrangements. Clarence H. Mackay was missing. So was Clarence Dillon. Fashion-writers noted that gowns dip in the back this year, fit snugly over the hips. One rhapsodized over a Lanvin taffeta, another over a Lelong tulle. Such pomp and circumstance meant little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Unison | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

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