Word: jigged
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When Princess Hermine returned to Doom, The Netherlands, after two months in Italy recuperating from an appendectomy, her husband, exiled former German Kaiser Wilhelm Hohenzollern, 78, embraced her on the front steps of the castle, danced a jig...
Relieved when a Kansas City surgeon finished probing through his nose and throat, cutting out follicular tissue about his tonsils, Baritone Nelson Eddy elatedly squealed, "Doc, you're making a soprano out of me," broke into Ol' Man River. Gargled he, dancing a jig and forgetfully swallowing the throat wash: "It may seem ironical that a featured singer on a throat remedy radio program [Vick's] must have his throat attended to. ... I am reluctant to say that I am going to have four notes more range and . . . twice the volume...
...cannot close Walter Millis' relatively short essay without a relieved feeling of satisfaction in our democratic government. "Viewed Without Alarm" is indeed a comfortable interpretation, but by no means is it a lazy one. Its pertinent, graphic ideas contribute a highly essential piece in the jig-saw puzzle of Europe...
Among the first victims of this device, however, was the Postman. In fact on Tuesday he dumped the mail outside in despair. Apparently he was roundly sounded for this, because yesterday morning, with an unusually large load, be tackled the jig-saw brain-child of the M. D. again...
...artillery and planes to Spain's Red Government, but practically none of this material last week reached the Madrid front. President Manual Azana of Spain and other Cabinet officers had fled fortnight ago to Barcelona and this week the London Times indicated that Premier Largo Caballero's jig was up, thus: "Great Britain now considers with less hesitation the prospect of recognizing the Government of Franco inasmuch as the Madrid Government has brusquely rejected the British offer to help in the exchange of prisoners and hostages...