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[US] D. Runyon N.Y. Daily Mirror n.p.: The fact that the Japanese considered skibby particularly odious naturally increased the popularity of the word among the Jap-hating Californians.
at skibby, n.
[US] N.Y. Daily Mirror 8 July 24: [Prizefighter] Turner blooped a bolo to the heart [W&F].
at bloop, v.1
[US] N.Y. Daily Mirror 23 Sept. n.p.: Four young men, all members of the notorious ‘Tigers,’ [...] yesterday was nabbed after they allegedly had mugged a man on a Brooklyn street.
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