Word: linens
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...confirmation did not come the next day, nor for six weeks thereafter. Durham, who expected to go home daily, washed his linen in the bathtub. Kerschbaumer, who claimed he had a $40 million letter of credit to back up his bid, said he also agreed to pay the supposed mill representatives a bonus of $18,000,000-at around $62 a ton-for distribution among mill executives. Still he could not close the deal...
Another place had a waisthigh, turquoise-blue floor vase, filled with paper calla lilies, and a great brass Russian samovar for decorations. But it had no icebox, no bed linen, no telephone. The price: $250 a month-$750 in advance plus a deposit of $500-which we would probably not get back. Said the perspiring owner, "Sempre tem vento" (There's always a breeze). "Sempre?" we asked. "Sempre," she replied, daintily wiping her forehead...
...James A. Linen...
Cordially, James A. Linen...
...lamps which had never been removed-but now gas pressure was low, because many Londoners turned up the gas for heat. Dickins & Jones's big store was almost empty. It had one dissatisfied customer, who tried hard in the dark to distinguish between silk and linen materials. She muttered: "Drat this! I thought we'd finished with blackouts." In Fortnum & Mason's flower department a girl clerk said crossly: "I wish people wouldn't be so goodhearted about it all ... then maybe something could be done...