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Word: teashop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eyes, changed his overcoat, shaved off his mustache. Being thus, as he said, "disguised," Pastor Henderson took to haunting Regent's Park zoo. Last week he again met a charming young man who had just been left ?400,000. His accomplice was nearby. They went to a teashop to talk things over. In the midst of tea O'Rourke (real name, Robert George) lost his appetite and began to run. Sprinting hard, the Rev. Mr. Henderson caught him three blocks away. Both crooks were jailed. Pastor Henderson continued his interesting and instructive trip around the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Spartanburgher on Tour | 1/8/1934 | See Source »

...lived for gin." When she discovered that her untidy flowers were worth money she grew them for all she was worth, tottered home with many a bottle from the village pub. One winter night she got drunk in the graveyard and froze to death. Her cottage became an arty teashop, which was of course a failure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Story Poems | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

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