Word: furse
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About half the spectators were Chinese, well-groomed in fine furs and narrow, split skirts. In the bygone era of extraterritoriality, they had never been invited to Madame Garnett's dress salon. Now Madame boasted a clientele of "all the most prominent Chinese." They are "very, very wealthy and...
There was class bias in the Dalton budget. Purchase taxes on pots, crockery, blankets, mattresses were reduced or removed, but not on cars or furs. Income-tax rates for a married man with two chil dren and earning $1,200 a year went down from 3% to nothing; for a...
Russia's women still found the shops bare, but they could dream. Last week the first issue of Soviet Woman, a kind of proletarian Vogue, went to 20,000 subscribers who paid ten rubles ($2) a copy. It featured a picture spread of evening dresses, furs, fancy shoes, sport...
Dear Diary. In London, Actress Hermione Gingold discreetly overlooked the theft of her ration book, furs, dresses and whiskey, appealed for the return of her diary, because "it has telephone numbers essential to my plans."
Eskimos call at the post about once a fortnight, bringing Arctic foxes. While the huskies eat, the post manager settles accounts for the furs brought in, offers advice on supplies for the next trip. The clerk sells essentials: 30-30 rifles and ammunition, all-steel traps, motorboats costing up to...