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Word: trellises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

Outside, someone pushed a .30 caliber carbine through a rose trellis, drew a careful bead, put two shots into Bugsy's head, two into his body. A shot that went wild lodged in an oil painting of a nude woman, holding a wine glass.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Murder in Beverly Hills | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

Willie Helis (rhymes with trellis) also had winners in this year's Travers Stakes, Dixie and Saratoga Handicaps. With about a quarter million dollars in prize money, he is well on the way to being the top 1945 money-maker among horse owners.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Greek Gold | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

Bette Davis returns from a screen absence of several months to deliver a remarkable performance as Fanny Trellis, the toast of New York. Fanny has the gay blades of the city at her foot, but her erratic brother, Trimpey, becomes involved in a $25,000 swindle and Fanny has to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 8/15/1944 | See Source »

Then they cut the large nerves in the legs of several rabbits and dogs, held the stumps close with forceps, dribbled the plasma over them from a pipette. Within two minutes, the plasma thickened to a firm jelly which stuck to the nerves and united the stumps. The jelly held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Jelly for Nerves | 9/2/1940 | See Source »

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