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Word: vermont (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...never saw Craig again. But tucked away in a secret drawer of my desk is something that I would not part with for many a cigarette coupon. It is a yellow, faded clipping from the Dybbuk. Vermont. "Self-starter." Tenderly I unfold the old creases and read the" words again...

Author: By G. K. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/21/1928 | See Source »

From the opening of the contest it was evident that the University team had the edge on the Middlebury hoopsters; the Harvard forwards especially were playing a better brand than the Vermont offense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIDDLEBURY QUINTET OVERWHELMED 59 TO 35 | 1/10/1928 | See Source »

Authorities who assert that President Coolidge's "I do not choose" is a dialect expression peculiar to Vermont seem to have overlooked something that ought to be familiar. Let them turn to "Alice in Wonderland." In that world-wide classic "The Walrus and the Carpenter," they will find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Salute | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

...that oyster from Vermont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Salute | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

...fifty thousand dollars from his salary. The annual income of the chief executive is seventy-five thousand dollars; those who know the president claim that he does not spend one-third of this amount. A little simple mathematics reveals the fact that "Economy Cal will-carry back to Vermont about a quarter of a million dollars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOT JUST A SLOGAN | 12/13/1927 | See Source »

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