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Word: unjinxing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

TIME SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO CREDIT CHICAGO HOTEL ASSOCIATION WITH ORIGINATING DUMMY IDEA TO UNJINX 13 AT TABLE [TIME, June 12]. BOSTON'S PARKER HOUSE STARTED IT AND TOLD THE WORLD ABOUT IT IN A PAID TIME COLUMN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 3, 1939 | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...Chicago, the Hotel Association announced a new guest service: a dummy in impeccable full dress to unjinx dinner parties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 12, 1939 | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

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