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Word: neckless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...outburst. Bullingdon, a drink-hearty organization composed mostly of sporting huntsmen, has a roster too exclusive to be amusing. Peers, even Edward of Wales, have matched their blood with its blue uniform. That the blooded Bullingdons, incapable in the past of anything more sprightly than throaty singing and waving neckless bottles, should have attempted a public spectacle with hockey sticks, copper kettles and chunks of coal, was inexcusably dull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sub Specie Aeternitatis | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

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