Word: draughting
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...school of which he is the acknowledged dean, he did well to be gloomy. Even Monsieur Beancaire, though it may have been written with crocodile tears, will not evaporate as fast as The Lorenzo Bunch, which was written in plain water. Tarkington addicts may find it a refreshing draught, however, guaranteed neither to exhilarate nor unduly depress...
American Can appealed squarely to the draught-beer fanciers, called its product Keg-lined Cans. The lining, made of a secret formula, looked like lacquer. Since it bore no real resemblance to a keg, American limited itself to a careful claim that "people say" canned beer tastes better than bottled. It also dusted off the notion that light hurts bottled beer. Keg-lined Cans look like soup cans, have a special can-opener...
...thirsty because they inhabit salt water. Accordingly when they kill a seal the first thing to do is douse a dipperful of fresh water into the seal's mouth. If this amenity is scrupulously observed, other seals will come and be killed in order to receive the refreshing draught...
...They sucked nervously at cigarets. Said one: "Darling, wouldn't John have loved to be with us?" The two passengers had tickets for all six seats in the plane, explained that four friends were expected. The friends never arrived. After the take-off the girls complained of a draught, asked Pilot Kirton to close the door between cockpit and cabin. As he headed over the Channel in bumpy air, he opened the door again, looked back to see if his passengers were comfortable. The two girls were gone...
...royalty to the Government. Cheap to produce, most of this oil is drilled on the shores and in the bottom of a long arm of the sea known as Lake Maracaibo, is carried to refineries in Dutch Curagao and Aruba by a fleet of special shallow-draught "baby" tankers able to jump the treacherous sandbar at the mouth of the lake. Three great oil companies share most of this trade: Royal Dutch-Shell, Standard of New Jersey, Gulf. Before NRA, Manhattan motorists were more apt to ride on Venezuelan gasoline than not, for it is cheaper to bring...