Word: turtleback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trouble unlocking the turtleback; moving-day fingers are always thumbs. Once it was up, she and the apartment doorman, pulling out three typewriters and an armload of packages, got in each other's way. Inside the apartment she found that the movers had not yet arrived with the first load; they never have. When they did get there, naturally, they decided to knock off for lunch before unloading. Mrs. Roosevelt went back uptown for her own lunch. She had forgotten to take the car out of gear; it leaped away with her like a stubborn broncho...