Word: dickeybird
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...chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, Smith had the duty of helping steer to Senate passage the Administration's Taft-Hartley revision. But after the losing vote-which was a real Administration, and therefore a Republican, defeat-Smith warbled: "I'm just as cheerful as a dickeybird...
...appellation by which Professor Richards is best known among Yale graduates and students presents an interesting study in the evolution of the nick-name. "Richards," of course, became "Dickey" and by a natural sequence "Dickey" became "Dickeybird," until the necessity for abbreviation has made "The Bird" the best known name for one of Yale's most popular and efficient instructors. [Modern...
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