Word: nosed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gruff old Rear Admiral Emory Scott Land, chairman of the U. S. Maritime Commission, barked on the White House steps: "It's a nice idea, but what are you going to do if somebody sticks his nose inside the zone?" If the U. S. Navy, with what help its weak sisters to the South can give, actually throws a line of peace police around the Americas, can the 22 German merchantmen now holed up in Latin American ports return to coastwise trade-lanes, cruise without fear of British men-o'-war? What if British and German raiders meet...
...couple rushed out on deck, there were three muffled explosions. The ship, which had evidently struck a string of mines, began to nose down by the head...
...Pope's nose to Reader Wiswell. A. Lincoln proclaimed: "... I do, therefor, invite my fellow citizens ... to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving...
...that the loser must have at least something to take home. He let the thunder roar, knowing he was on solid ground: go-day credits are usually regarded as equivalent to cash. But Cali fornia's resolute old Isolationist, Hiram Johnson, snapped: "This is the camel's nose under the tent...
...knowing where to turn. We have in mind a man we saw at Sunday dinner. Dressed in a new tweed jacket, of whalebone pattern, and wearing the black knit tie, he pulled from his pocket a large and faded red bandana, and just a little self-consciously wiped his nose. -The Daily Dartmouth...