Word: companion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Companion example of this shuttle system is Walter Graebner, who has headed the London Bureau since 1939-all through the days of Dunkirk and the dark months of the Battle of Britain...
John v. John. Concerning the battle between John Barrymore and John Barleycorn he was least reticent of all. He might quip that he was "just an ingenue about booze," but he also boasted that Chaliapin was the only drinking companion who ever laid...
Slowly, the cowering companion edged from his chair, carefully he pieced together the ragged paper fragments still warm from Vag's burning glance...
...even more pleasant things that delicious minestrone in his lap. But the gushing curses faded into an incredulous stare. The Vagabond was breathing heavily--"inhale, exhale." "It's unfair," he murmured, the paper already a twisted shred. "It's inhuman," he howled, glaring with bloodshot eyes at his awestruck companion...
...gentleman called up the Information office yesterday. "Could you send me a companion for my wife?" he asked. "I am forced to go away on etxended business trips pretty frequently, and she gets so lonely that I thought you might be able to provide someone to wile away the long hours...