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Screeno — (a portmanteau of screen bingo ) was a form of bingo played in American movie theaters during the Great Depression of the 1930s. To bolster attendance on slow weeknights, the neighborhood movie houses would feature the game in which audience… … Wikipedia
screeno — ˈskrē(ˌ)nō noun ( s) Usage: sometimes capitalized Etymology: screen (I) + o : bingo designed for play by audiences in motion picture theaters * * * /skree noh/, n. (sometimes cap.) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater. [SCREEN + … Useful english dictionary
Delmore Schwartz — Born December 8, 1913(1913 12 08) Brooklyn, New York, United States Died July 11, 1966(1966 07 11) New York City, New York Occupation Poet … Wikipedia
Bank Night — was a popular fad lottery game franchise in America during the Great Depression. It was invented and marketed by Charles U. Yaeger, a former booking agent for 20th Century Fox.cite news|title=Bank Night Bans|publisher=Time Magazine|date=1937 01… … Wikipedia
bingo — /bing goh/, n. (sometimes cap.) 1. a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the… … Universalium
