Word: lapdog
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that is never resolved. One of his personae is that of the romantic hero, with a moustache "like a bronze candlestick" and a general air of being a cross between the Prisoner of Zenda and Henry V. Hector is also a boaster and a liar and his wife's lapdog, but he is so totally footling and gormless in Dennis Price's portrayal that his cries of agony go off like damp firecrackers...
Crushed Rock & Music. Puttencove Promise, of course, needs no such special adaption. Born in Manchester, Mass, at kennels owned by Mrs. George Putnam, the three-year-old male has lived all its life in lapdog luxury. Ever since it was ten months old, it has had a two-hour brushing every two days. It is clipped once a week, gets an extra clipping and has its teeth brushed before every show. And only before shows does Puttencove Promise get bathed; the dog just never gets dirty. In wet weather it is exercised on an outdoor run covered with clean, crushed...