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Word: gardes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have left his oxen hitched to the plow, but history does not say whether he changed to a fresh toga before proceeding to the Capitol. Twenty-two odd centuries later, Mrs. Jackson was intensely annoyed at some of the President's convivial adherents, who, coming in their native gard to congratulate him at his inauguration, stood in muddy boots on the White House furniture. Still more recently, American tourists were rudely shaken when George the Fifth attended a daytime regatta at Cowes, with his trousers pressed sideways like pajamas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLOTHED IN SIMPLICITY | 3/21/1923 | See Source »

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