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Word: grooms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Robert's horse was originally called Demijohn, or John. A Negro groom, leading him from his stable into the sunlight, was so delighted with the sheen of his coat that he cried: "Doggone, hoss-you ain't no plain John! You'se John the Baptist." John the Baptist's half-sister is Salome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 4, 1936 | 5/4/1936 | See Source »

...Brides are not kicked. In Sweden the general custom prevails for the groom to carry his wife over the threshold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Kick | 12/2/1935 | See Source »

Britain's Royal House. The Aga Khan sent an elephant tusk. Since the groom was George V's third son Henry. Duke of Gloucester, 35, strenuous British efforts were made to hush the lawsuit last week over the wedding dress. Supposed to have been entirely "British- made" by Norman Hartnell, Ltd. of London, Lady Alice's dress was in fact cut by M. Albert Cezard. Suing French Cutter Cezard last week, famed Italian-blooded Schiaparelli charged in London's Court of Appeals that he is under contract to her not to cut for a competitor until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Tiaras, Tusk & Tiff | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

...bride, handsome, wholesome, dark-browed Lady Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 33, daughter of an ancient fighting family of Border Scots, was given a total of five tiaras by the groom's family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Tiaras, Tusk & Tiff | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

...Groom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Home | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

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