Word: buskined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...around Cambridge. They know the whys and whats or everything, at least almost everything. I don't suppose many of them could tell me just why "Bozo" Snyder and "Sliding" Billy Watson are the leaders in that sacred and ancient art--burlesque, or why those two brethren of the buskin bow to Boston audiences at the same time. These whats and whys are not sufficiently esoteric. One can find them without entering all those mills which are not of God and grind even more slowly. Yet to some people and occasionally even to Gilbert Seldes these whats and whys...
...invasion it is peaceful penetration. Instead of the warlike garb of the gridiron, he enters the scene in fantastic dress or undress; instead of arraying himself in nose-guard and headgear, he screens his face behind the mask of Thespis; instead of cleated boots, he wears the sock and buskin...