Word: familiarly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...heard the expression hundreds of times, and that the proper plural is "Tenderfeet." To be sure I submitted the matter to a dinner club of 25 gentlemen? lawyers, doctors, professors, bankers and businessmen?who had all lived in the West ten to twenty years or more. They were all familiar with the use of the word "tenderfoot" to designate some one newly arrived and green to the ways of the West, and they were all agreed that "tenderfeet" was the only plural ever used. No one had ever heard of "tenderfoots...
...gaiety of Milne's "When We Were Very Young," but it has more grace and skill if it lacks something of the jolly quotable rhythm. Miss Lowell's "What's O'Clock," published a few months after her death, contains some very charming poetry of her familiar variety. "Earth Moods? by Hervey Allen surveys the world from its creation in a large and hearty manner and then continues in pleasant detail to recite further history including the Norse discovery of America. Maurice Baring's poems have been issued in a collected edition. E. A. Robinson's "Dionysius in Doubt...
This afternoon at 5.30 o'clock the Princetonians will turn the rink over to the Crimson sextet for a short workout in which to become familiar with the new conditions. The Hobey Baker rink is shorter than the Boston Arena and the lighting is different. The University squad will stay at the Princeton Inn tonight...
There were many comings and goings about the White House. Charles E. Hughes dropped in for luncheon. His beard looked familiar. Elihu Root came for luncheon the day after. His statesmanlike features were just as familiar there a few years ago. Secretary Kellogg lunched there the same day. Next day Senator Borah, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Moses and Senator Lenroot came to call. Newspaper men came and went in small flocks. It was plain that something was brewing, and that it was not beef...
...McClurg, publisher and yachtsman, is familiar with Caribbean waters and has offered his services as navigator and hydrographer...