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Word: trunkful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This caused some controversy between them. But eventually they bundled Janet's body up in a trunk, carted it to a rented house in suburban Queens, and buried her in cement in the basement. A few days later they turned up in Grand Rapids, Mich., and after suitable preliminaries, moved in with a new prospect-a pretty, 31-year-old widow named Deliphene Downing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Big Martha | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...steering column holds the speedometer and other gauges normally on the dashboard. The Nash owner can still sleep in his car, but the new beds can be made up (by lowering the bisected front-seat backrest) into either a single or double bed, without disturbing the rear trunk-compartment. The new Nash costs more than the old one ($275 more in the Super series, up to $390 additional in the Super-Ambassador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Like Old Times | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...greatly strengthening the four legs, and at the same time pushing the head far backwards so as to distribute its weight evenly between the fore and hind legs. But what of the problem of providing hands? . . . My only suggestion is that the nose might be greatly elongated into a trunk equipped with delicate grasping instruments like fingers. It would probably be desirable to have two trunks, if not three. The eyes . . . would have to be projected well forward . . . otherwise Homo Jovianus would not be able to see where he was stepping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: U.S.S. | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...result, only a few token T-formation plays have been grafted into the single-wing trunk. Jim Kenary, last year's passing whiz, who hasn't thrown from the T yet, was shifted from quarterback to tailback early last week...

Author: By Steve Cady, | Title: Crimson is Still on Fundamentals As Columbia Opener Approaches | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...result, only a few token T-formation plays have been grafted into the single-wing trunk. Jim Kenary; last year's passing whiz, who hasn't thrown from the T yet, was shifted from quarter-back to tallback earlier this week...

Author: By Steve Cady, | Title: Crimson is Still on Fundamentals As Columbia Opener Approaches | 9/23/1948 | See Source »

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