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Word: terrier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Afterwards, to irate P. Toms the manager of St. Albans hospital fair adroitly explained why he had shown a white fox terrier bitch as Lady Godiva. "Some other towns, now, may not be like St. Albans," said he meaningly, "but our girls-bless their sweet hearts-are all good girls! Not a one in the whole town would show herself in tights and false hair. So's not to disappoint anyone I just named this little dog 'Lady Godiva,' and I guess you'll admit she rode the way God made her, except I scrubbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: P. Toms Vexed | 6/30/1930 | See Source »

...Terrier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jun. 23, 1930 | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

...Clermont-Ferrand, France, a fox terrier dragged a brown paper bag to a policeman's feet. Stooping to pat the dog, the policeman looked into the bag, found a newborn baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jun. 23, 1930 | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

...four breeds of dog currently regarded by U. S. dealers as "most fashionable" are all terriers: Scottish, Cairn, Sealyham, wire-haired fox. Most of the best-bred Scotties in the U. S. last fortnight foregathered on a terrace of Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Button's Long Island estate and permitted Dr. Clarence Cook Little, onetime president of the University of Michigan, now managing director of the American Society for the Control of Cancer, to compare their little black perfections in the Specialty Show of the Scottish Terrier Club, No. 1 event of the U. S. Scotty season. While...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Drawing Room Dogs | 6/9/1930 | See Source »

...Prince's plane landed virtually on his own lawn, at Windsor Great Park. His pet Cairn terrier, Cora, barked a joyous welcome. His brothers, the Duke of York and Prince George, greeted him, whisked him away to Fort Belvedere where his parents waited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Rentschler Triumphant | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

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