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Word: gins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...part of the princess is well played by Miss Julanne Johnson. But Anna May Wong, the Mongol slave girl, is so attractive as almost to equal her mistress. And one So-Jin (not to be confused with Slo Gin) who plays the Mongol prince, might well be a scion of the late imperial family of the Celestial Empire, so naturally does he present his role. Suitz Edwards, the "evil associate" of the thief, is a sort of perpetual comic element...

Author: By C. P. M., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/7/1924 | See Source »

...varmint expression, and his name is Barberryhill Bootlegger. He is the property of Bayard Warren and was born in the Barbary Hills Kennels, Pride Crossing, Mass., on Dec. 21, 1920. His mother was Western Wistful, a lady of great distinction and considerable social prominence. His father was Barberryhill Gin Rickey, an alcoholic champion whose son inherits his liberal ideas, as you can see by the name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dog Champ | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...ordinary bookcase, the in habitants thereof may be subjected to inconceivable indignities. Imagine the reaction of a prim and high-minded Victorian romance forced to rub Covers with Jurgen. What would be the feelings of Speare and Fitz gerald, twin apostles of gin and kisses, separated by the staid blue covers of Mr. Gundelfinger's uproarious Ten Years at Yale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have Books Souls? | 12/3/1923 | See Source »

...Take a quart of synthetic Gordon gin, ten oranges and some ice; mix; get a refined lady drunk and distress her mother; get drunk yourself; when you and the refined lady are thoroughly intoxicated get into the car and zigzag through the streets until you see a woman wheeling a baby carriage from one curb to the other; then step on the gas. The chances are the carriage will have a baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Who Reads? | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

...Lady Astor " (gin and ginger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Aug. 6, 1923 | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

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