Word: tremont
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...They used electric shockers (disguised as brief cases, as canes) to electrify feminine rumps (some fiends used rubber bands, which stung). With canes they impartially h'isted the skirts of women, young or old, who entered cabs, climbed steps, or boarded streetcars. For unwary females, the corner of Tremont and Boylston Street became "Hell's Corner." Any girl uninsulated with a stout rubber girdle was likely to be shocked into hysterics...