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Word: dross (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Usage:

...chides if we find it but dross...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RETROSPECTION. | 11/26/1880 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "dross" throughout decades:

1870s : 4.9649
1880s : 0.5002
1890s : 1.3452
1910s : 0.8891
1920s : 1.6498
1930s : 0.3750
1940s : 0.9619
1950s : 0.9011
1960s : 1.9472
1970s : 1.2704
1980s : 0.9642
1990s : 0.5229
2000s : 0.7704