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Word: mmmm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...beflowered, befeathered (see cut), and they cost a pretty penny. Boston's swank C. Crawford Hollidge, Ltd. did a rush business on ostrich-plumed jobs at $65. Chicago's Bes-Ben sold all the floppy, fancy tuscan straws it could turn out at $52.75 and up. "Mmmm, but you'll look delicious," burbled Manhattan's Arnold Constable over a "high-crown cartwheel . . . with pastel blooms encased in spun, sugary net," all for $45. Macy's offered an open-crowned straw loaded with daisies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Fizz & Finery | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

...Mmmm, yes, delicious," said the girl, brandishing the thighbone without glanc-ng up. "At least as a change from rat. Where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Rats & the Katz | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

President MacPhail two years ago offered Cardinal President Sam Breadon $200,000 for Medwick. Breadon h-mmmm-phed. Last year, when he repeated his offer, Breadon h-mmmm-phed again. Last week, with the Cardinals in seventh place and hopelessly out of the running, Breadon finally surrendered. To Brooklyn went Medwick (and 33-year-old Pitcher Curt Davis, who has failed to win a game this year*) in exchange for four Dodgers and a bagful of cash, the contents of which remained undisclosed-other than it was more than the $185,000 the Cardinals received for Dizzy Dean two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Flag Day | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

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