Word: jakey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...here on her second U. S. visit. She was "traveling incognito," she said, looking admiringly at her 17-year-old Phyllis, who did look well. Michael, aged ten, shuffled against the Hon. John Jacob, against quiet David, 15, a bit self-conscious in his natty new long pants. "Smile, Jakey," said Lady Astor. Reporters quizzed. She answered graciously: No, Phyllis did not drink. Yes, the English liked Will Rogers. No, she was not going to bring Phyllis up as a typical girl. She loathed typical people, despised 100-percenters of any nationality. Yes, she liked the modern girl...
Ensconced at a table in Jakey Wirth's swell beer saloon they were partaking of hohn kukken and tongue blood pudding...