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Word: wanna (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Frank Parker, who should be replaced if anyone seated beyond the first two rows is expected to hear the show's main ballad. Gertrude Niesen as "Bubbles LaMarr," a curvesome stripper, is fine. To her are allotted much of the good comedy material and the only good songs --"I Wanna Get Married" and "Follow the Girls," and she makes the most of her opportunities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 3/10/1944 | See Source »

...Whatta dey wanna go messin' around faw? Whatta dey wanna scrape up da choon gum of fa da sidewalks faw? Maybe dey wanna have a Park Avenoo over here instead of Broadway. Leave it ta hell alone or it won't be Broadway no more. Put up a sign dat says spit out your choon gum folks, dis is old Broadway; spit er out. Don't put no constrictions on da people. Leave 'em ta hell alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Jimmy, That Well-Dressed Man | 1/24/1944 | See Source »

...Freshman walks into a barber shop and sits down for a leisurely haircut. "Is you wanna shev" says barber. Ah, small talk, thinks Freshman, and mumbles "Oh sure, sure." "Mepsbe you wanna shempa" queries barber, but the Freshman still in his rut says "Oh sure" again. And so it goes until suddenly the poor boy is immersed in towels scalded scorched and burned. His proud growth of youthful fuzzies is severed from its loving owner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Isa You Wanna da Herkutt? Justa You Comma Here, Son | 9/3/1943 | See Source »

...wanna do jobs, We're looking for new jobs, How long is this war gonna last? The Navy can guide...

Author: By Ensign ETHEL Greenfield, | Title: CREATING A RIPPLE | 3/26/1943 | See Source »

Into the shiny new Los Angeles studio of the world's No. 1 dance teacher last week bustled a big brawny workman in his shirt sleeves. "I wanna learn to dance," he told the pretty girl at the desk. "Would you like to join one of the defense classes?" she asked. "Hell no! Don't you have any classes with society people?" he demanded, plunking down $100 for 20 lessons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murray in a Hurry | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

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