Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...power as machinery, a sort of machinery with eyes and fingers to give so and so many turns to such and such bolts as they pass by in an endless, changeless stream from morning till night; a sort of machinery that gets in the habit of doing its particular bit of work like the dog on the turnspit and requires about as much intellegence. It is this habit in factory work of which Mr. E. D. Smith will speak at 9 o'clock this morning in Emerson...
...enters a European theatre must tip the usher. At Parisian music halls the ushers, vociferously rampant, will, if not tipped, stand at one's elbow and cry: "Service! Service! SERVICE!" almost indefinitely.* Last week the publicity agent of the Parisian Usher's Association issued an explanatory bit of propaganda: 1) The ushers are not paid to usher. 2) Instead they pay 50 centimes (2?) a night to the management for each seat assigned tp them. 3) Therefore they must figure on a minimum tip of one franc (4?) from each person whom they usher into a seat...
...hoof is, described it as a "small, brown bird, frequently seen around the stables." Another student of hippology defined the pastern as a "French scientist, famous for his Institute." A third Freshman came to the captain and complained that his horse would not open its mouth and seize the bit, although he had been holding it out to him for five minutes...
Vachel Lindsay's latest lyrics come close to that theme, play with it a bit, and then reject it with whole-hearted aversion. To his mind, which delights in parable, analogue, and symbol, the monotonous measure of progress is anathema. In the words of the mixed blood, whose thoughts and fancies are the subject of the poems, one reads the theme of the collection...
...papers mean by referring a me as a squeaky piccolo player, demanded Bob lampoon indignantly. Bob further expressed disgust at the misconstruction of his reception. The morning papers stated that lamp's diminutive janitor was greeted by a shower of rotaries dairy products and gin battles. This was a bit of false in formation bitterly resented by Bob "Why I was the big act," he said in defense, and the fellows only threw money...