Word: buttoned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...betook his full-dressed self from the Chamber as a sign that the session was suspended. It was also a signal for the attendants to clear the public galleries. An excited attendant, with marks of a maturing black eye, rushed to the signal box and instead of pushing the button to signal the sergeants-at-arms to clear the galleries, he pressed one that called out the guard. For some minutes armed soldiers prevented the Deputies inside from going outside and those outside from going inside. After a few more minutes order was restored and back came President Herriot...
What Price Morning-Glories, a purified play where Sergeant Squirt in lavender pajamas gets gloriously drunk with Captain Sagg, on chocolate malted milks and chocolate nut sundaes, until the Captain turns on the sergeant with: "You lilac!" and the infuriated sergeant screams: "You son of a bachelor's button...
WHITE HOUSE VISITOR: "President Coolidge, I would like to see you press a button to wake the entire nation every morning...
...COOLIDGE : "But who would press a button to wake...
...Published by Button, $1.00 - See also THE RIDDLE OF THE RHINE?Victor Lefebre?W. Collins' Sons...