Word: epithets
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...exclusive Authors Club of London he was tidying up the library and, after the members had departed, when he found TIME unconsumed in the fire place, sat himself down at the writing table and abused the stationery reserved for authors. His pleasant and gentlemanly use of the epithet "Yanks" further bears out my theory. The distinguished habitues of the Club doubtless call him "Dilly dow" for short. I can see him now in gorgeous yellow stockings with silver buckles on his shiny shoon. JOSEPH WILSON COCHRAN Pastor The American Church of Paris Paris, France Cramp v. Cunningham...
...that "abnormal conditions attending the trial" greatly influenced the jury and that "under ordinary circumstances" the case never would have been prosecuted. These latter remarks presumably referred to the fact that in 1919-20 the U. S. nation engaged in a widespread Radical-hunt, and "Bolsheviki" became a common epithet for one small boy to hurl at another...
...Dowse Epithet...
Sirs: We can forgive all your shortcomings if from your vocabulary you can construct an epithet suitable for the asinine twaddle of one Cyril D * H * G. Dillington-Dowse. C. B. SMITH...
...younger royal set, having substituted a felt hat for a crown and flannel trousers for princely regalia, is said to have been a disappointment to Spain. Evidently Spain expected a more traditional sort of dignity. The sobriquet that young Edward earned was "Prince of Jazz", and the epithet does not seem to have been meant favorably...