Word: dears
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...convent isn't so wild and hilarious, of course, as in a night club, which must be about the saddest spot on earth. But I never yet saw a nun who wore a long face except one, and she had the cramps. Too much Christmas candy, and the dear old lady dissipated. I visited a convent recently, and I came away with a bright memory of a "lot of girls." But they are mighty aged girls for a' that. The Sister who cooks is around 80, and she told me gleefully of the monster turkey somebody had sent...
Within a few hours a royal proclamation was printed and posted up extensively in Belgrade: "To MY DEAR PEOPLE...
Football would be no more without seal skin coats (dyed muskrat) if it were not for the dear old black and white...
Unfortunately, various people of unwelcome experience with the Skunk family--those gauche Skunks, you know, my dear--have wailed long and loudly about the rights of other citizens to remain sweet-smelling. Farmers complain that skunks dig up bumble bees and not only make them so ill-tempered that they attack without warning, but destroy them as well, preventing the pollenization of the clover. Against such charges, even the skunks retire in confusion...
...Dear Old lady (to assistant in a bookshop) : "Have you got this Book on Loneliness by Mr. Wells...