Word: mouthings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...HEARD IT from the cowboy's mouth, in the State of the Rhetoric address...
During the Christmas season Teddy Ruxpin became the most talked-about talking bear in toyland. Children were overjoyed by the way Teddy's mouth moved when he told them stories. About 1 million of the bears have been sold at a price of $60 or more. But Teddy has been suffering some breakdowns. Many customers and retailers have complained, and about 35,000 Ruxpins have been returned to stores or the manufacturer, Worlds of Wonder of Fremont, Calif. The company, though, maintains that the percentage of defective Teddys is below the industry norm and that the newest bears have been...
Thirty seconds later, Fusco tipped the puck past Gordon and over the goal line at the tail end of a goal-mouth scramble...
...Mojave. Whole time in the chair the boy didn't say a word. Even admired himself in the double mirror afterwards, stuck out his chin like a cowboy star. When I finished he took a piece of Bazooka Joe from the mason jar, popped it in his mouth, and stabbed me with his fishing knife. Had a right, of course. Been my father, I'd gone for the jugular...
...swept you back and held you stuck in time through the course of an afternoon (Why does the word stirring come uncharacteristically to mind?). Any sucker for a Zippo lighter, a cracked leather flight jacket, the music of Glenn Miller or the recollection of a sassy riveter with a mouth like a beesting would have found peace in this field...