Word: dip
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tardy cluttering down the aisles, whiffs of expensive perfumes, the swish of wraps, the shooting of cuffs and hats. No Golden Horseshoe boxes had been sold since last season but there had been private rearrangements. Clarence H. Mackay was missing. So was Clarence Dillon. Fashion-writers noted that gowns dip in the back this year, fit snugly over the hips. One rhapsodized over a Lanvin taffeta, another over a Lelong tulle. Such pomp and circumstance meant little to Mr. Gatti. Hands in pockets, he sauntered in occasionally to where standees listened rapt to Montemezzi's music. On their enthusiasm depends...
...stubbornly persist in calling themselves "Chumly." Last week their daughter, Lady Aline "Chumly," presided over a charity rummage sale at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, while their youngest man child, Lord John "Chumly" donned a "cowboy suit" (imported from the U. S.) and took sixpences from people who wanted to dip into a bran tub for prizes of doubtful value...
Legends aside, the hard facts of Bat'a's career are starkly inspiring. War contracts for army boots gave him his first dip into fabulous profits. Instead of squandering or speculating with the money, he spent it on newest super-efficient shoe machinery, some of which he invented. Such intensive study of shoemaking problems led Herr Bat'a to believe that he could apply American-Ford straight line production methods to shoes-an idea then deemed mad in Europe...
...follow down you find a starched blue collar on shirt to match. Tie of sombre hue, is neatly in place with an exceedingly small knot over the pin. Vest is in prominent display, and thin gold chain stretches from upper pocket to upper pocket with a slight dip. Breast pocket display cousists of corner of handkerchief with tiny monogram. Perfect crease leads the eye down to slightly wide cuffs breaking on over polished shoes. If it were but slightly colder, an immaculate Chesterfield would add the final touch...
...every inch a king, played slave to. etiquette. Epitome of the day's procedure was his royal arising, witnessed daily by some 300 fawning souls. Only the Family could observe his semi-divinity lying in bed, but the next order of noblemen was admitted to see him dip his hand in holy water, climb out of bed, and don his dressing gown. The third order then entered to see the king shave and put on his wig. And last came the final rabble of cardinals, marshals, courtiers, to observe the rest of the ceremony: royal breeches and hose, royal...