Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There was but a minor error which in behalf of our Dutch friends, especially several pilot friends, members of the bombing squadron at the above mentioned affair, we wish to rectify. We refer to the bombing account which tended to impress that the bombers' marksmanship was a bit poor. The fact is but one small 50 Kilo (110. 25 Ib.) bomb was dropped-a direct hit- the finish...
...pans, kettles, washboilers, dinner bells, cowbells horns, gongs, drums, saws, tin cans, shotguns, "horse fiddles" (two rails gratin.tr together), "devil's fiddles" (a plank run through a box), "skonk" (conch) shells and corn-shellers filled with small stones The bride & groom are expected to listen patiently for a bit, then give the cothumpers plenty of cigars, applejack, gin whiskey or beer. If they do not, or if they are definitely disliked by the cowthumpers. the noise goes on. If the couple decline to show themselves, the crowd may cover their chimney and smoke them...
...this failed to work. Then following what he said had been the advice of experts, he took hold of the horse's tongue and was told to hang on to it until the blacksmith completed putting the shoes on the horse. But a few minutes later the horse bit its tongue...
...announcement that there would be no provision for the sinking fund to retire the national debt, which last year bit ?32,500,000 out of the Budget. Penny a Pint. As far as the British taxpayer was concerned, there was only one encouraging word in the Budget, that was Beer. The income tax remained at its old basic tax rate of five shillings in the pound-25%, the highest income tax in the world, though Chancellor Chamberlain offered a slight sop by restoring the old method of collecting in equal half-yearly installments instead of demanding three-quarters...
Last week the marriage clerk, who had suffered paralytic strokes and was "a little bit confused," was fined $15,000, sentenced to four months at Fort Eustis...