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

...Royal Canadian Navy solemnly passed a word of warning to bearded sailors and sailors who had thought of growing beards. The Navy's Newfoundland Command, concluding a post-mortem on the sinking of the frigate Valleyfield, found that a man overboard can be fatally choked by a heavy beard full of oil and salt water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: Fatal Fashion | 7/17/1944 | See Source »

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