Word: garter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sweden, King Gustaf took a chance in a lottery at a Red Coss bazaar, won two bunches of carrots, a flashy garter and some gingerbread, but missed out on a three-foot spettekaka (Swedish egg and spun-sugar delicacy) which he had set his heart...
...botella especial-the special bottle tucked away under the bar. After the bartender had dealt him a single snort, the dying man arose from his litter and walked away. He had drunk pisco ^from a rough, clear glass bottle in which was coiled, eyes open, a green garter snake...
...woman's leg and the bright blue garter that vanished from Kirkland House last October were returned yesterday to their rightful owners, Joel Rome '51 and Stuart Falk...
They reported the robbery to police, claiming that the leg was worth $20 and had been borrowed, and that the garter had "sentimental value." They printed a letter in The Dartmouth, asking for its return, but it never showed...
Whitefish & Milk. Alighting at the Palace of Westminster, the King went into his robing room in the House of Lords, put on his crown and his ermine-trimmed, purple velvet robes; the Queen hooked the broad blue ribbon of the Garter over her white crinoline dress. Entering the chamber, they were preceded by heralds and court functionaries whose stiff tabards made them look like kings and jacks in a pack of cards. In all this splendor, stubby Herbert Morrison, in his black cutaway, stood out like the ace of spades. But Commoner Morrison, present in his capacity as Lord President...