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

...Seniors be laid on the shelf...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PARAPHRASE FROM HORACE. | 2/6/1880 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "shelf" throughout decades:

1870s : 2.0859
1880s : 1.0041
1890s : 0.3140
1900s : 0.3300
1910s : 0.2075
1920s : 0.7624
1930s : 0.7410
1940s : 0.8700
1950s : 1.0376
1960s : 0.8354
1970s : 0.9133
1980s : 0.9780
1990s : 1.1822
2000s : 1.3665
2010s : 1.3855