Word: tatoo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York admitted that it was somewhat different from his home town in Africa. Having got quite a big laugh out of that one, the king rambled off into small talk about the Gold Coast. It seems that things are coming along nicely out there this year. The tatoo and bamboo business is booming, gold is, of course, plentiful, and heads are up at par. Its a good thing to hear this too because sometimes there comes a hollow, uneasy feeling that all is not well on the Gold Coast. No one need worry...
...instead of Jockey Haynes, had the leg up and rode an adequate race except for that one rash touch. Away they went-a flash of silk, a huddle of bobbing heads at the turn, one, two, pulling away, animated toys all; then the stretch, the crowd ris- ing, a tatoo of hoofs-F. A. Burton's Wise Counsellor first; second, Big Blaze; third, Sun Flag; fourth, Initiate; fifth, Epinard, limping, staggering. A quarter crack in his hoof, though bound that morning, had broken wide open; the pain had killed his spirit, made him lose for the fourth time. Lamed...