Word: crookeder
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Copley--The Crooked Billet. 8.30 o'clock.
One outstanding difference between the Seville fair and other European expositions was instantly apparent to opening-day visitors. Instead of finding uncomfortable new buildings in an old and settled town, they discovered a great established park with comparatively old exposition buildings in a hastily modernized city. Seville's exposition...
The Spieler (Pathe) is a tense picture of carnival life faithful to its background. From the time a crooked spieler goes to work for a girl-proprietor who is trying to run an honest show, the action moves ahead faster and faster through beautifully dovetailed sequences to a climax in...
2) Crooked Bust: A business man deliberately uses his credit to obtain excessive loans or merchandise, conceals his assets from the court, defrauds his creditors.
Only a thin line of intention divides the two classes. The Crooked Bust is a criminal offense.