Word: mumness
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...investigating magistrate, one Judge Trautwein, continued mum as to the exact nature of the offense which Bergdoll was alleged to have committed with a Heidelberg girl some three years ago. Said the cautious Judge: "It is just a simple case which concerns alleged offenses against the proprieties. All I can say is that Herr Bergdoll is being held in connection with certain complaints filed in behalf of some children, girls and boys...
...five talked and argued and conspired. But when, after five days, they walked out of the conference chamber they were mum-mum as elephants or guinea pigs...
...confidant to Queen Victoria; in London. He served the late King Edward as private secretary and filled the same office for King George, until age forced his retirement. He was a lifelong friend of the Queen Mother, Alexandra, now going on 80. Possessor of innumerable court secrets, he was mum as a headstone. A publisher sent him a blank check so that he could fix his own price for a book of reminiscences ; he tore up the check. In the days when Edward VII was a rollicking Prince of Wales, Knollys was often the butt of practical jokes. "Bay" Middleton...
Said to Dame, 'So please you mum...
...Hiram Johnson: "I thought Yohnson was a true blue progressive once, but I'm getting damn suspicious of him lately; he's keeping too mum...