Word: deviling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Free bullets," according to legend, are Frelkugeln, subservient to the marksman's will, destined to hit without fail whatever object he wishes. The seventh and last bullet, however, is at the "absolute disposal of the Devil himself." Marksmen who employed Frelkugeln were known as Freisch...
...once a lily livered young butterfly chaser, whose hat was stamped on by a rude bully of a rival and Whereas he did not promptly strike that rival dead, he was therefore turned out of the swaggering little Southern town of Magnolia, therefore he Resolved to become a devil among the Mississippi gamblers. A pull at a trigger is to him then as a flick of his deft cambric handkerchief, he worsts that most delectable of all villains, Noah Beery, and returns to wipe his feet on the top piece of his rival. The whole is served in Southern style...
...child was born in County Antrim. He grew. At nine his mother brought him and six younger brothers to America. They settled on a farm in Indiana, near Valparaiso. He got some education. He tried school teaching three times and quit from boredom. He became a printer's devil and learned to swear. He became a butcher and failed in business. He became a teamster on railroad construction work, and went to Knox College at Galesburg...
...those who find that musical performance fills the void, the following are suggested: Andre Chariot's Revue, Kid Boots, Mary Jane McKane, The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly, Stepping Stones, Ziegfeld Follies, Music Box Revue, Poppy, Wildflower, Sweet Little Devil...
Epicures in musical comedy will find the following items from the current menu most delectable: Lollipop, Kid Boots, Mary Jane McKane, Poppy, Runnin' Wild, Sweet Little Devil, Music Box Revue, Ziegfeld Follies, Charlot's Revue...