Word: chap
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...work it right . . ." wrote he from Washington. "You should be here to see the jitters that some of the Congressmen are in as a result of the mandates they are receiving from their constituents. It is fun. I am always spoken of as a soft-voiced, mild-mannered old chap. I have not received an unfriendly word from a single man at the Capitol building...
...coaxing, flattery or bribery will induce them to let us take photographs or to sketch them. An explanation of this dislike of photography perhaps may be that provided by Albertina. . . . She flashed on the writers and announced: 'Give you my picture? A photo? Not me! The last chap I gave my picture to showed it to the police and they...
...three-quarter beds in one little room where there were no sanitary facilities; no running water, all huddled there together." Of Father Parker, who has an impediment in his speech and a hernia which prevents him from doing any heavy work, Representative Dunn declared: "This man . . . is not a chap that could become an executive. He perhaps could not do ordinary clerical work. ... In fact I found that he could not even read or write...
...truly old hands. Tex Clark and Dizzy Davis are the two chief pilots, experienced filers of the old school, who refuse to submit to the new efficiency and demand a bit of fun now and then even if the mail or passengers are at stake. This Dizzy chap is quite a hand with the girls, but when he meets the lovely Tommy Thomas it's the real thing at last. But, alas, Tommy is affianced to another pilot, a good young fellow who is rapidly making his mark. There are lots of other people running about in the office...
...lately at which a member told us he hadn't carfare to get to the session and had walked 100 blocks [5 mi.] to attend. . . ." Another: "I personally know about 50 internes who have given up smoking because they don't have the price of tobacco. I know one chap whose girl bought him a new suit?his first in five years?and maybe he didn't have to pocket his pride to allow...