Word: jawed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frankie said he had overheard the columnist-Lee Mortimer of the New York Daily Mirror-refer to him as "that Dago son of a bitch." So he hit him in the jaw, once, and knocked him down. Mortimer said he was "just minding my own business"-leaving the place with an Oriental girl friend-when Frankie snuck up behind him and hit him back of the left ear. Then, said Mortimer, "at least two men" held him and he was slugged some more...
...same old table Kings Louis XVth and XVIth had signed state papers; Robespierre, facing death with a broken jaw, stretched out on that table for a few minutes before going to the guillotine...
Dick Harrity, an agent for Elliot's publishers, then stepped forward and planted one on Lewis' jaw...
...Tunney. After a short visit to the White House with shaggy-haired Football Coach Jimmy Conzelman, Tunney announced to reporters that the country is in good hands. "I never saw a more solid citizen. His eye is clear and he's just as solid as a wall. His jaw is square and his stomach is as flat as an athlete...
Hummon turned pale, in the best historical tradition. He clenched his teeth, said, "We shall see," and turned on his heel. The crowd charged the door to the governor's office. Anteroom furniture was splintered and an Arnall aide had his jaw broken...