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Word: doffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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LONDON, Oct. 16--Right-wingers have urged Britain's Labor party to doff its cloth cap and blue denims, forget about nationalization, and become the party of all the people...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: General Marshall Dies, Aged 78; CBS Takes Quiz Shows Off Air; Labor Party's Unity Threatened | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

...much care on the serious as on the comic and farcical aspects. Consequently we can best see the play as it really is: when the lines soar, this production soars; when the writing flags, so does the production. The director's decision was daring, dangerous, and difficult; and I doff my derby in docile deference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Much Ado About Nothing | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

...physicians, naval officers, scientists. "Working class" has become a pejorative phrase. In the new low-cost housing development at East Grinstead, authorities recently refused to distribute a police leaflet giving advice on protecting homes from burglars until the phrase "working-class families" was eliminated. Laborers no longer doff their hats to squires or mumble that the good things of life "are not for the likes o' me," and more and more of them, in their work clothes, move from the stand-up bar to the saloon bar adjoining, where for a penny a pint more, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Status War | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

...speaking daughter Genevieve Egloff, the only woman among 167 men, Ike heard himself toasted as "a chief forever glorious," chatted with animation until nearly eleven o'clock. Shortly after noon the next day he showed up again at the palace for luncheon. This time, as he began to doff his coat in the chilly foyer, Coty admonished him: "No, no. Don't take your coat off here. It's cold." A determined smile came over the Eisenhower visage. "Thank you, Mr. President." said Ike, taking off his coat. "I'm all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Paris Conference: That Old Magic | 12/30/1957 | See Source »

...fret about the price of oil. When the party is over, a servant notifies a woman guest that her husband is ready. She dons her veil and shroud, thanks her hostess and departs without ever seeing her host. But next day she may slip out in her car, doff her aba as soon as she is beyond sight of the town and take the wheel herself for a drive to the beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOSLEM WORLD: Beyond the Veil | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

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