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Word: toweling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...next, leaving in its wake the battered carcasses of every stock situation the film's makers could find on the Paramount lot. A picture with some fast, funny slapstick, or even a loud, nerve-numbing orchestra, could perhaps survive such a story treatment, but this one throws in the towel early in the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 1/8/1948 | See Source »

...highly unreliable report stemming from Amherst said bath towel-clad girls had been seen knocking on the doors of the Lord Jeffs' fraternity houses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holyoke Coiffures Droop in Drought But Girls Spurn Shower-Share Plans | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

Although the maintenance men come by appointment, they are used to seeing bare sunbathers jump up, let.out a squeal, and do a header into a towel. At the home of one Hollywood star (first magnitude), the maintenance man often finds her with a male guest, necking at the poolside. Says the imperturbable workman: "We just work around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIAGE TRADE: The People's Pool | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

They also serve who only stand and wait, even if it's only with a towel and a sweater. First football casualty of the season was a noncombatant, John P. Judkins '47, Varsity manager. He beat everyone to the bruise by reporting for pre-season practice with a bandaged wrist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Manager Beaten in Draw | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

They also serve who only stand and wait, even if it's only with a towel and a sweater. First football casualty of the season was a non-combatant, John P. Judkins '47, Varsity manager. He beat everyone to the bruise by reporting for pre-season practtice with a bandaged wrist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Manager Beaten in Draw | 9/18/1947 | See Source »

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