Word: behinder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...brazen Lady Nicotine has grown bold. She now walks the streets in the better part of town and openly solicits the patronage of the young folks. Be careful Old Girl or you'll find yourself behind a deadline down in the restricted district along with John Barleycorn, where you belong...
Spinners of tales said that King Alfonso had left behind him portentous letters fit only for royal eyes. Others had it that Queen Victoria of Sweden had rejected his gift of a ruby necklace as too costly. Last week came truth...
...chic Baedecker for those who will be chic. It was in this magazine that Artist Arno exploited-his famed Whoops Sisters, a pair of blithe Victorian crones who swept with muffs and bonnets about the city, never had their shoes off while the fleet was in, stood behind a nude statue in a museum and peered around for a front view crying WHOOPS! IT'S A GIRL! Last year these fantastic scare crows began to disappear. Their departure was hastened by a dull novel written about them by their creator. Since then Artist Arno has kept his satire closer...
...wrapping of fish or other sea food in old newspaper or in wrapping paper that is soiled, or that has been used for any other purpose, is prohibited; the committing of nuisances behind stalls, around wagons, or at any other points in or about the market is strictly prohibited; Dogs and other live animals must be kept out of the market; Spitting, except in places especially provided therefor, is prohibited...
...carols had a definite Christian origin. Early Franciscan friars, strolling through Italy, put the tale of the birth of the Babe into homely ballad form, the better to win simple hearts. Over the Alps they went, throughout the World, singing of the sweet mystery of Bethlehem. Their songs lingered behind them. The Spanish peasant added episodes out of his dark Moorish imagination. In one group of Spanish carols the three wise men become gypsies, who read the palms and tell the fortunes of Jesus, Mary, Joseph. In Germany an ancient custom still endures, in some old-world villages: that...