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Word: moanin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...windows, one of the firemen telephones the office for the key to the next room. The other tunes a violin, giving the excuse: "Not enough time to practice at home." Libby Holman, that singing girl who improves so tremendously on Helen Morgan, has a full-throated Harlem sonata, "Moanin' Low." Most of the lyrics were written by nimble-witted Howard Dietz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's publicity man. His "theme" song: Hammacher-Schlemmer* (I Love You). The Grand Street Follies have always depended largely on protean Albert Carroll, impish imitator of the grimaces and posturings of famed actresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: May 13, 1929 | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

...Moanin Lady...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANNOUNCE PROGRAM FOR HARVARD-YALE CONCERT | 11/12/1927 | See Source »

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