Word: collar
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...White collar workers...
They talked in the cafe for three hours. That evening she pressed his baggy pants, darned his socks and turned the collar on his shirt. A few months later they were married. "I'll never forget that first day in the cafe," she said last week. "I was scared to death that whoever the gentleman was, he would be angry because I had lied. Fortunately, Werner had lied...
With the breed championship under his collar, Zazarac Brandy strutted again into the green-carpeted ring at Madison Square Garden for a go at 22 rivals for the best-in-group prize (boxers, Great Danes, collies, German shepherds, etc., classified as "working breeds"), and won again. It was easier than baiting boars. When the six group-finalists-a Welsh terrier, a Dalmatian, a miniature pinscher, an Irish setter, a greyhound and Zazarac Brandy-gathered for the showdown, it took tuxedoed Judge Tom Carruthers III just 15 minutes to single out Brandy as best-in-show-and dog-of-the-year...
...into a big game without enough practice behind them. However, the Crimson defense will be back at its old strength because Captain Dusty Burke has returned to his regular defense position. Furthermore, since the Belmont Hill game he has managed to remove the rust he accumulated while his collar bone was broken...
...bartender spearing a cherry with a toothpick. Says one of his newspaper executives, nodding toward his wife and suggesting another round of drinks: "I have an old beat-up legman here, or legwoman, rather, who helps me with odds and ends around the house, such as bearing children, finding collar buttons, and making drinks for guests. How about...