Word: whatta
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Geez," sighed the admiring sound-effects man, "whatta warmup!" The comedian had long since expressed his contempt for his own skill in that field: "Warming up a studio audience is like warming up dry ice. When you've done it, what have...
Last week at Ormond Beach she played her 40th consecutive day of tournament golf. She sank one 45-foot putt with a breezy exclamation, "Ain't that pretty?" She also won her sixth Florida tournament in six weeks. Muttered one spectator: "Whatta woman...
...Whatta Club. As he strode, thin and vigorous, toward home plate, the crowd rose to its feet. His hair was slicked down, he looked almost boyish in his dark brown Sunday suit and sport shoes. Most of those present expected him to begin with his usual "My gracious!" or "By golly!" But his thanks were formal...
When Connie Mack's dream team had lined up on either side of him, all dispute over his selections was drowned in one gasping verdict from the crowd: "Whatta ball club...
...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...