Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Honest Buck Lane freely admits to his readers when a careless deputy gets played for a sucker: "When he returned to his car, his pistol a 44-40 single action, his tear gas billy and 4 boxes of shells . . . was flat gone, it's getting rough when thieves rob the law." But usually, in Lane's letters, the forces of decency triumph. The other day, a fly-by-night peddler who was "after the cotton money" invaded Wharton County: "He said, well I'll buy a license and I said we don't sell licenses...
...more than such trivial things, consumers might well wonder what benefit, if any, they get from his work. But he also works just as hard making all manner of things better and more usable. His new vacuum cleaner (Singer) is the first which is designed to be hung up flat against a closet wall. Foley Bros, department store, in Houston, was the first department store designed so that a shopper could walk through the store making purchases, and have them all waiting for her when she returned to her car in the store garage. Though Loewy's work does...
...cello, on the other hand, frequently could not be heard. On a few rare occasions it could be heard all so much. During the rondo movement of the Sonata G minor and the last movement of the Sonata in A major it went distinctly flat. The general impression created was that Mr. Brown was nowhere near up to the technical standards that the piano was setting. He played too quietly and lacked the precise timing necessary in the fast movements...
...attendant removed a shoe and sock; the toes of Tommy's right foot were webbed. She smiled triumphantly. "The other was the same!" she said, and, sure enough, the toes on Tommy's left foot also were webbed. Tommy had blue eyes, and his ears lay flat, like Ronnie...
Last week Britons were considering another Summerskill attack on the British breakfast which might be less easily condoned. Oatmeal, she seemed to be saying, in flat contradiction of Charles Lamb and Dr. Johnson, was not only a substitute for the provocative pig, but an improvement...