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Word: trunksful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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* For the first time in New York, for the benefit of television watchers, boxers wore new-style black-on-white and white-on-black trunks, instead of the familiar purple & black or red-&-black trunks.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cerdan Victory | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

Fortunately the rumor, like the original report, was an exaggeration. Only a few Americans, including T. F. Bridgers, a North Carolina goober grower who sent a 100-pound sack, had responded with small shipments. Meantime the elephants' trunks were responding nicely to buns and radio therapy.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Great Goober Crisis | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

When the ship goes wop (with a wiggle between) And the steward falls into the souptureen And the trunks begin to slide . . . Why, then you will know (if you haven't guessed) You're Fifty North and Forty West!"-Rudyard Kipling

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bounding Main | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

At this point, Leverett elected to try for a field goal. The crowd laughed when big Norm Cameron backed up, adjusted his helmet, and prepared to boot the ball from such a formidable distance, but the gasped a moment later when a long low kick sailed toward the uprights. The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bunnies, Elephants Fight 0-0 Tie; Adams Eleven Mangles Winthrop | 10/25/1946 | See Source »

Cain and Abel (Ballet Russe), by Hollywood's David Lichine. Adam's two husky sons, wearing swimming trunks, writhe on the floor in sweating ecstasy before Cain heaves Abel from a cliff, then drags Mother Eve across the set by her hair.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Feather Feud | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

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