Word: braided
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Another hostile critic was the Daily Herald, official organ of the Independent Labor Party. The newspaper referred to the "ostentatious" court gown of Mrs. Philip Snowden and "the scarlet coat and blue trousers trimmed with silver braid" of "Jamie" Brown, King George's proxy at Holyrood, spoke of its "impatient contempt for such misuse of life...
...amused by someone else or something else?people who have not in themselves the capacity to spend time with themselves, spend it profitably. The foundation of those evils is that we are losing the sense of human values; we are going far too much after superficialities, after gold braid, after things hanging from the lapels of coats, after 'right honorables,' which occasionally ring dishonorables...
Tradition requires Seniors to wear caps and gowns every morning until 1 o'clock from May 1 until the close of the college year. Red tassel and braid distinguishes the outfits of class officers...
...nose at Troon last June for the British open golf championship, has proved himself no flash in the pan. Shortly after, at Gleneagles, he led another brilliant field. Last week, at St. Albans, Verulam, Havers won the ?450 stake with 75-67-142. The previous course record, held by Braid...
...notable feature was the failure of the " Old Guard " of British golfers-Vardon, Ray, Braid, Mitchell, Duncan-to figure even feebly in the fight to win back for England the title that Jock Hutchinson and Walter Hagen had carried back with them across the ocean for two successive years...