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Word: turbid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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What is a poor egg? One with either watery or turbid white, a yolk that flattens out or bursts because of its thinned membrane, a dull appearance throughout the contents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Storage Eggs | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...turbid ebb and flow of publicity has of late relegated the British strike to a secondary position. None-the-less, many disputes of primary importance remain to be settled, after the momentous first step of calling off the general strike unconditionally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UTOPIA FORESWORN | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

...love the bloody Bolshevik--damn him by all means. I do not love the turbid Teuton--he was caught starting a war, and it is right that France, the sinless nation, should cast the first stone. But still less do I love that intolerance in our own political thought which makes us unable to contradict a gentleman, Senator though he be, without foamings at the mouth and manifestings of his (the Senator's) inner vileness to the sun. HEBARD PAINE '25. January...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Abusing Borah | 1/29/1923 | See Source »

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