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

...planner forty, Samivel," rejoined Mr. Weller, in a still more mysterious manner, "as he can have on hire, vun as von't play, Sammy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, PRISONERS: Dickens of a Time | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

Once Zuppke and Rockne were invited to the same city to make speeches at the same banquet. "I got off the train," Zup's story goes. "Nobody meets me. I go to a hotel. There is no room reserved for me. I get vun. I go upstairs. I hear a big noise. I look out the vindow. It's a parade. There is a big band, the mayor of the city, the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Kivanis. Und it's Rockne they bring along. So ve go to the dinner. Ve speak. Vot do I give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Zup's Setting Sun | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

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