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Word: shrank (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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Usage:

...shrank abashed, as having asked too much...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 11/12/1875 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "shrank" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.4773
1880s : 0.2885
1890s : 0.1724
1910s : 0.0855
1920s : 0.6344
1930s : 1.2017
1940s : 1.2715
1950s : 1.1359
1960s : 1.2658
1970s : 0.8468
1980s : 1.1629
1990s : 0.9624
2000s : 1.0039
2010s : 1.0190