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Word: clowning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gallery were horrified. One remarked to Scotland's Helen Holm, one of the quarter finalists, that the Babe was "altogether lacking in refinement." Golfer Holm cut her off: "You're speaking of the finest woman golfer that has ever been seen here." "And what if she does clown a bit?" asked the father of Golf Pro Jimmy Thomson. "That's just her way, and only an old tabby would object...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Babe in Britain | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

...leavened with foreign stars, for now with the war over they have a chance to leave the confusion of Europe and gain the quiet security of the high wire and trapeze. Another influence of the modern scene is a display involving a Junior Jeep, not to mention the tragicomic clown skit with a bright black Atom Smasher. One clown climbs in the machine and...the rest can be imagined...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Circusgoer | 5/20/1947 | See Source »

...Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert clown their way through a cackle-happy screen version of Betty MacDonald's backwoods saga (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, May 19, 1947 | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

...Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert clown their way through a cackle-happy screen version of Betty MacDonald's backwoods saga (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, May 12, 1947 | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

...Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert clown their way through a cackle-happy screen version of Betty MacDonald's backwoods saga (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, May 5, 1947 | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

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