Word: billikin
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Ambassador Litvinoff's genial old billikin face turned purple. His snowy-haired English wife, Ivy Litvinoff, confusedly asked: "Are we going, papa?" As the plane loaded with Britons took off without the Litvinoffs, it was apparent that a first-class diplomatic incident had occurred...
...Means, not minded to take such treatment, faced the camera squarely. Next day the News published his picture. It could not be said that he was hiding or cowering. He exposed himself fully to the lens with an expression which was not entirely unlike "that of a slightly irate billikin. But the ingenious editors of the News were not to be outwitted by such a trick. They captioned the photograph: "Means, scornfully facing camera...
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