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Word: swore (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Strange as the Ozark back country where it was enacted was the trial last week at Mountain View, Ark. of four "hill barons" indicted for the murder of Connie Franklin (TIME, Dec. 9). Prime witness for the defense was a gaunt, sun-reddened farmhand who swore he was Connie Franklin himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Arkansas Vindicated | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

...Grimsby, England, the crew of the schooner Gladys swore that their black cat, frightened by a tempest, had turned white overnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Dec. 30, 1929 | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

...Gimme your wallet damn quick." he swore feebly at Dr. Frederick James Kelly, president of the University of Idaho. Dr. Kelly handed over a billfold containing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: For Wife & Kids | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...Bacco!" swore Boxer Carnera, "I have never fought in an undershirt and I never will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: No Shirt, No Fight | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

After Postmaster Collier had recovered, Mrs. Fleming was brought to trial. She swore she had no Negro blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Pure Alloway | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

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