Word: dregs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...operated by flippant, teen-age boys & girls or by deaf old gaffers. The call "Front" may bring a pint-sized bellhop, but usually the traveler totes his own bags. Frequently he is ushered into a room that seems to have been bombed: the bed unmade, the bureau loaded with dreg-laden tumblers, the ash trays choked with butts. One wet, crumpled towel is left on the washstand, the legacy of yesterday's guest, who seems to have shined his shoes with...
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