Word: bobs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With cheers interrupting him continually, Mr. Blake referred humorously to the Yale team. "I asked Bob Fisher what to speak about tonight, and he said 'Speak about Yale.' Now fellows, I've known Bob 15 years and loved him and respected him--but I don't want to be an undertaker...
...best backfield in the country. We wouldn't swap our ends. Bradford and Sayles, for Calvin Coolidge and the Secretary of State. We wouldn't swap our line for a French liner with all on board sailing east beyond the three-mile limit. And we wouldn't swap Bob Fisher and Charley Daly and Leo Leary and Eddie Mahan and Charley Tierney for all the Hawleys and--" the rest of his speech was lost in a great roar of approval from the crowd...
...years, the University has had to depend for its hot dog supply upon Larry the Hot Dog Man, with his stand on Massachusetts Avenue Larry was fast becoming an immortal in College traditions, but report has it that he has deserted his little cart for the more pretentious taxi-Bob business. To fill the place he leaves vacant comes Mr. Whouley with a permanent booth...
...Quid" is anglicism for ?1 sterling; equivalent to "20 bob" (20 shillings...
...King's Way theatre in London in producing "Hamlet" in modern settings and modern costumes. In this production the melancholy Dane himself wore a well-tailored pair of knickerbockers. Ophelia went raving mad in the old regrettable fashion, even though quite up to date with a boyish bob and scandalously short skirt; and Laertes proved himself an adept at inhaling cigarettes. On the face of it, the play thus produced appeals as a clever burlesque; yet the producers seem to have been quite serious, being convinced that, after the first shock, Shakespeare would suffer nothing from the presence of modern...