Word: fluff
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...come to look for a home and I am accosted by many uncouth persons. They haven't got Brains, any of them, only grey fluff that's flown into their heads by mistake, and they don't think. One even has the audacity to inquire whether I am a female or a male. Don' the silly! Of course...
...Pinero or Henry Arthur Jones and accept the report that Belasco is dead. "The Leading Lady," the play involving the two Miss Gordons (both of whom are married to the play's director--which suggests a dilemma more interesting than the current play) is an unreal bit of pink fluff that might be found floating about in the mind of some stage-struck school girl, no where else...
With the here only a silent bit of fluff, an extremely light touch was needed lest the downy plot be brushed away. The touch provided fills the bill, for the writers stress the humor, underscore the sentiment, yet never lose the bird in the shuffle. By keeping their dramatic proportions constant, they maintain the credibility of the Pipit throughout--in fact, so important does he become that he assumes a par with the RAF: winged creatures all. Bird lovers everywhere, farmers or ornithologists, forget the War and join the Pipit's Cause; and the blood, sweat and tears shed...
...Farmers. Grain speculation, as Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson observed only a few hours after the President's fluff, had already fallen off; trading had fallen 53% since the one-third cash margin rule was put into effect two weeks ago (TIME, Oct. 13). But the price of grain went right on rising. Next day, when rumors spread that CCC was about to step out of the market, the price of wheat fell off a bit, but continued its climb when the rumor proved false. So long as the Government bought, there was no reason for grain prices...
...London's swank West End auto showrooms, the proprietor flicked a bit of fluff from his immaculate morning coat. Said he blithely: "Shocking, of course, but perfectly aboveboard...