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Word: woowoo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Atlanta, does even an "ook" give out with a wolf whistle, but? No. When girls pass by, more likely the air is rent with cries of "Woowoo, choo-choo," or even a snatch of verse: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, come on, baby, you must, you must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Where You Goin', But? | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...coming lawyer, onetime (1938-39) American Legion commander, and a woowoo campaigner is Washington's Stephen Fowler Chadwick, 46. Last week Campaigner Chadwick ably carried the ball both for himself and for Wendell Willkie (who mistakenly said "Phil" for "Steve" last month). His opponent: 49-year-old Congressman Monrad C. Wallgren, a retail jeweler, who has Washington's big Scandinavian vote in his pocket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Also Running | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

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