Word: knifed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Francis ("Shanty") Hogan, huge, able catcher of the New York Giants baseball team, at an apartment party in Manhattan, objected to the presence of one Joseph Kink, Negro elevator operator who had been asked in for a drink. Hogan ejected Kink. Furious, Kink got a base ball bat and knife, waited until Hogan left the party, took him down in the elevator, beat and stabbed him painfully as he left the building...
Arbiter & Wit. At about this time Lord Birkenhead delivered his memorable knife thrust at the late Viscount Younger of Leckie (then Sir George Younger) who fancied himself for the Prime Ministry. "Since the day when the proverbial frog swelled itself up in rivalry with the bull until it burst," he said in part, "no frog ever has been in such grave physical danger as Sir George Younger." Of the Bonar Law Cabinet in 1923 Lord Birkenhead said: "They remind me of the Duke of Wellington's observation upon his generals: 'I don't know whether they will frighten the enemy...
...long, heavy stick until she jumped on a desk, screaming for help. He threw blackboard erasers and handfuls of chalk at teachers and pupils. One day he caught another pupil and banged his head on a concrete floor. Another time he chased frantic children with a rusty, 8-in. knife. He rubbed poison ivy on the faces of several pupils too weak to escape him, and then on his own face...
TIME has promised to abandon Tycoon when a better word is found. Big Shot is the best substitute yet offered. But it is not good enough.-ED. Keen-Edged Puukko Knife...
...even a house servant, as being stupid! Finns resent such comment. You erred and used poor judgment when you published it. Lest you err again, permit me to advise that you use care never to call them Finlanders. Their trusty weapons of former days-the keen-edged Puukko knife-often slashed the person guilty of far less than what you "pulled" last week. WILLIAM...