Word: dandyish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From that day on, Walter Greaves and his brother Harry followed Whistler wherever he went. Strutting, dandyish Whistler was glad to have them follow. The brothers affected bis flat, wide-brimmed black hat and yellow tie. They even signed his invitations with meticulous copies of the famous Whistler signature: a butterfly with a sting in its tail. Sitting on either side of their hero at a life class, they seldom looked at the model; their eyes were fixed on the Master's drawing. Sometimes Whistler would roll a cigaret and smoke it; the Greaves brothers solemnly copied him, puff...
...Broadway columnists may be thankful for the public's short memory-but none more so than the New York Daily News's dandyish Danton Walker. Either not knowing or not caring how often his "predictions" go sour, 17 U.S. newspapers (circ. 9,000,000) now run his daily offerings...