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Word: hostessing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sorry," said Captain A. P. Miceli, "but we don't enlist women. Did you mean you want to be an Army nurse?" "No!" said she, "and I don't want to be an infantrywoman and carry a rifle, either. I want to be a hostess on an Army bomber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hard Pan | 7/8/1940 | See Source »

...Hostess is Mrs. Worthington Scranton. who will tap the Liberty Bell, maintain headquarters in the Academy of Music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: G. O. P. IN PHILADELPHIA | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...greet the host and hostess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Columnist for Kids | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...from her own novel, The Nutmeg Tree, Lady in Waiting is like a party that starts off gaily, then turns into something where the cocktails weren't mixed right and the guests won't mix at all-leaving nothing but the charm and high spirits of the hostess to save...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New & Old Plays in Manhattan | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

Miss George is that hostess and she has plenty of high spirits, but the party is pretty much of a flop. Miss George plays a let-her-rip U. S. showgirl who had been an English officer's war bride. Invited for a visit by her grown daughter (whom she hasn't seen since infancy and who has been brought up a lady), she goes, intending to play the lady too. Daughter turns out to be a terrible prig, and since Mama can't even dress like a lady, let alone act like one, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New & Old Plays in Manhattan | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

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