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Word: dressiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge received the football team of the Newman Preparatory School (Lakewood, N. J.). They wore their dressiest civilian clothes, of course, and the President said: "I am glad to see that your trousers are not flopping around on the ground." Recalling a similar episode last year, when some collegiate callers had worn floppy trousers and been chivvied about them by the President, a newspaper headlined: "BELL BOTTOM DRIVE MAY MAKE COOLIDGE STYLE CZAR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Dec. 5, 1927 | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

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