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Word: thuds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...passed by the checker's desk, Vag automatically picked up one of the little white slips and stuffed it in the breast pocket of his jacket, already bristling with silverwear put there some days ago at supper and since forgotten. He went down the line absent-mindedly, only the thud of mashed potatoes being dumped upon his tray reminding him of his surroundings. At the end of the line Vag picked up a coffiee and then stopped. He peered out over the tables packed with babling undergraduates, all of them waving their arms back and forth energetically. Over the monstrous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/17/1952 | See Source »

...developed some wonderful sizzling and steaming noises when boiling oil was poured over Ali Baba's 40 thieves hiding in jars. Bluebeard gets his just deserts, too, but only by implication: "The kids are tickled to death when Bluebeard's sword falls, klunk, closely followed by the thud of Bluebeard hitting the ground for the last time. They get the idea, but not the horror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Witches & Giants | 9/8/1952 | See Source »

...months Eisenhower supporters have believed that Douglas MacArthur was preparing a blow at their candidate. It was expected to land with an earthshaking thud, probably in the course of MacArthur's speech to the Republican Convention. Last week, in a speech to the Michigan legislature, MacArthur unleashed his missile. He named no names, but his remarks boiled down to a warning that a military man should not be President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: The General v. Generals | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

...Thud of Adjectives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 14, 1952 | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

...updated it with "the wail of sirens . . . the thud of bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 14, 1952 | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

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