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Catchword for “bug ticket”
Catchword: bug ticket
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Part of Speechn.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Dice tables are covered in this robust Chattahoochee river town. Slot machines have disappeared. And if any bug tickets—lottery slips—are written, they are passed under the counter.
Article or Document Title:
“Alabama City Tames Down”
Author:
Jim Thomasson
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Ironwood Daily Globe
Publishing Location:
Ironwood, Mich.
Dateline:
Phenix City, Ala.
Date of Publication:
May 17, 1951
Page Number:
11
This cite belongs to a full entry for bug.
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