Word: chit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile, circulation may be Ivoking for a third-class monarch with a Paris chit, sending flash acks for unflushed giftees, or getting a nonconvertible yen for an over-the-transom order...
...haste and bustle that surrounds some U.S. businessmen. He is deliberate in manner, though quick in judgment. There is little fat on his chunky (5 ft. 10 in., 200 Ibs.) frame. He has what New Englanders call a "down-East memory," and uses phonetic spelling, e.g., his lunch chit at Ottawa's Rideau Club once read: "plane omelet and rasin pie." He is an optimist, especially about Canada. Of his first view of Canada in 1908, he says: "I knew right away that I wanted to be a Canadian. I liked the people, the atmosphere, the possibilities...
...matter of fact, more work goes into preparing these gab fests than the calibre of the chit-chat that final results would indicate. We discovered all this the other week when prior to a Monday appearance on Capp's show we were asked to appear for a "little get to together...just so we'll know what we're talking about...
Marines v. Police. Meanwhile, a full-fledged battle raged in Bangkok. Women seized their children, and cart ponies reared in their traces as the first detachment of soldiers came racing down Ploen Chit Road with bayonets fixed. As twilight fell, artillery fire was rocking the city streets. The navy established a beachhead at Lumphini Amusement Park. The army dug in at the Sports Club...
...social hour. Every girl brought a sandwich, and Miss Projansky served some cookies that she had baked herself. She also bubbled coffee in an adjoining room while the Press Board gossiped about the quality of the food and the scarf of one of their members. Five minutes before the chit-chat was scheduled to end, Miss Projansky got down to business...