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Word: whats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"You see, I was making a delivery over across the river; I got out of my car and had a couple of packages under my arm. I didn't see any one around, but all of a sudden a motorcycle cop drove up behind me and says, 'What've you...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bootlegger Describes Interesting Incidents of a Very Adventurous and Hazardous Trade | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

"I went along while he parked his motorcycle wondering what in hell he had on his mind. Any way I was ready for anything. He came back and says 'Got fifty?'. I reached in my pocket and took out a roll and handed him over fifty. 'That just about cleans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bootlegger Describes Interesting Incidents of a Very Adventurous and Hazardous Trade | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

"But they don't trouble 'em much; that's sure. Why you know they have what they call bargain day in the federal court there every Friday morning. Line all the bootleggers up in the cellar and let 'em go for two dollars apiece. Why don't they try 'em...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bootlegger Describes Interesting Incidents of a Very Adventurous and Hazardous Trade | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

"I wish I could do something great like save President Hoover's life. You know what I'd ask for when they asked me what I wanted for a reward? You know? A license, just a license. Boy, I'd be a millionaire inside of six months. I'd set...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bootlegger Describes Interesting Incidents of a Very Adventurous and Hazardous Trade | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

It is of initial importance that we should obtain a clear idea of what the method of amateur coaching employed here at Cambridge involves in actual practice. In the first place the coaching system is by no means uniform throughout the various sports; nor in fact is it even entirely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Student Finds System of Amateur Coaching Falls Far Short of Full Perfection | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

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