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Word: uncross (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Cannes, Columnist Elsa Maxwell helped Producer Jack Warner clean up at chemin de fer. "I was sitting . . . by his side . . . and I started to move," wrote Elsa. "He showed the only signs of superstition I've ever seen in him. 'Don't uncross your legs, honey,' Jack warned." She said she stuck it out for an hour and Jack won a million francs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Angles | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

When from time to time a professional turns up with a lively interest in books as business, publishers uncross their legs and stare in bewilderment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Refugee Makes Good | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

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