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Word: smells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...midnight came the end of Angelo's day. He hurried home, shouted for Amelia at the door. No answer. He pushed inside, was met by blackness and the overpowering smell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Reunion | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

Campus "jelly joints" cater to this nickel trade from breakfast time to closing hours. Loud music from the nickelodeon, the smell of frying hamburgers, the ever-present nickel machines, and trays full of cigarette butts characterize these gathering places...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 10/14/1939 | See Source »

...coming competition is the last chance for Sophomores to compete for both Boards; accordingly, the editors of the CRIMSON issue a cordial invitation to any men who thrill to the sight of a big press churning out newsprint, to those who might grow to love the smell of printer's ink, to come to 14 Plympton Street tomorrow evening and see what's what

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson to Open Last '42 News and Business Competition Tomorrow | 10/3/1939 | See Source »

...strike the ship ... no splash of the projectile was seen." But (according to one quartermaster): "The submarine conning tower [unmarked] broke surface about 800 yards on the port quarter. ... A gun or explosive signal was fired. . . . The smoke from this discharge blew down over the Athenia and a distinct smell of cordite was recognized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Angry Athenians | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

...South Barre, Mass., a deputy sheriff on duty in a woollen strike handed in his badge. He said his feet hurt, he didn't like the smell of tear gas, and he was promised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Sep. 11, 1939 | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

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