Word: mouthing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stupid cow waddled into a candy shop. The man of the shop beat the cow, tugged its horns, pushed its hindquarters, fed the cow candy. At this the cow waddled into the narrow doorway and got stuck. The man of the shop poured whiskey into the cow's mouth. Then the cow mooed, wriggled out of the doorway and walked away...
Crunch-crunch went pretzels in the mouth of J. Lewis Coath, president of the Chicago Board of Education. Mr. Coath was presiding over another session of School Superintendent McAndrew's "trial" for insubordination (TIME, Sept. 12, et seq.). Although Superintendent McAndrew was absent from the hearing, 17 Chicago school teachers, principals and district superintendents, were present to call him a "Simon Legree . . . a faker . . . a cruel task master," because he had obliged them to exact perfect answers from their pupils before permitting the pupils to continue to subsequent lessons...
...While men with shovels stand all around; They'll throw in dirt and they'll threw in rocks, And they won't give a damn if they break the box. The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out, They crawl all over your chin and mouth, They invite their friends and their friends' friends too And you look like hell when they're -through-with you. There are long narrative songs...
...curtain rises, Dr. Palely is apprehended walking slowly in a circle within a bare, white-washed room. In the center of the circle upon a swivel chair sits a Wistful Youth. In his mouth is firmly embedded a large wooden bath thermometer. After a lapse of about three minutes Dr. Palely speaks...
February 26 "Restoration of Function in the Mouth and Teeth as a Health Measure". Dr. F. A. Beckford...