Word: florister
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Emma wants a knight on a white horse, gets the florist's assistant next door. Thea wants riches, gets the local business man, who owns a big car and is a pain in the neck. Kay wants fame, gets a spot on a radio hour. Ann wants fun and laughter, gets nothing but trouble...
...Washington last week, chief endeavor of the 3,001 delegates to the Continental Congress seemed to be to see who could carry the most flowers. One Washington florist's business increased 300% during their stay. Principal agendum at the Congress was rostrum-climbing. To help them avoid tripping over themselves, their long skirts and their flowers, delegates had a corps of debutante pages. Principal agendum of the pages standing at the rostrum steps was to lift the train of each ascending delegate with combined dexterity, good timing and discretion. From inspecting each other's clothes, writing messages...
...District Court at Fort Worth, Tex. last fortnight, Florist Lester Harrison and his wife traced heavy steps. In a petition offered to Judge Frank P. Culver Jr. they set forth that their son Robert, 22, contributed nothing to the family living, would not get out of the house. They asked for and got a temporary injunction forbidding Son Robert entrance to their home. Said Mrs. Harrison: "I'm sorry it had to happen, but under the circumstances it was the least painful thing to do. It was simply a case of a child ruling his parents...
...advance of opening of the case, Mr. Simpson was rumored to have committed the technical adultery required for divorce in England with a young woman nicknamed "Buttercup" at the fashionable resort of Maidenhead. A London florist revealed that the King sends Mrs. Simpson ?5 ($25) worth of long-stemmed red roses per day, or about 15 dozen in summer when they are cheap and five dozen daily in midwinter when they are dear...
...corsage at the Copley Plaza Florist...