Word: henlein
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...youngster the idea that she would be doing everyone a favor by pouring an occasional bottle of liquor down the drain. This policy reaches a hilarious climax one night when Amy's father barks at a prim, sleep-dazed old lady babysitter: "You must be stinking, Mrs. Henlein . . . You drank a full quart of gin." When his little girl tries to run away from home, the father, who is always going off on business trips, wonders how he can teach her that home is best and blood is thicker than firewater...