Word: pattering
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...neighbors and family members worried about finding jobs. The threat of violence hung over the neighborhood: sometimes, Barnhill fell asleep to the patter of gunshots. A liquor store beckoned from every corner...
...jobs and meets a cop (David Strathairn) who's sunk into alcoholism over the departure of his good-time wife Sue Lynne (Rachel Weisz). Elizabeth then goes to Nevada, cocktailing in a casino. There she encounters Leslie (Natalie Portman), a canny gambler who's got a sassy line of patter and is almost, but not quite, as good at cards as she thinks...
Cruising through the St. Paul caucuses, Franken keeps up a constant patter as he chases voters. When he announces he needs to use the "boys' room," an aide reminds him to make sure his pants are zipped. He banters back, "Afterward, right. During--now that would be a disaster...
...rubber-jointed," "brass-lunged," "super-dynamic," "bouncing, bawling," "raucous, rampageous." To Bob Hope she was "a vitamin pill with legs." She seemed to have swallowed a truckload full of them before every performance; she was indomitable, unstoppable, the Fuller Brush flack with a quick smile, a faster line of patter and her foot in your door...
...Hutton and Loesser reconvened at MGM in 1950 for Let's Dance. Theoretically it was a Fred Astaire musical, but Loesser didn't go highbrow. He gave her a patter number with these lyrics - "I can't stop talkinaboutim antalkinaboutim antalkinaboutim, I can't stop talkinabout the man that I adore" - as Astaire stands by in understated disbelief. The singer and the songwriter never worked together again, which is a shame, since Hutton might have inspired a snazzy Broadway score from Loesser and kept her own career in flourish. In a way they did duet once more, once removed. Hutton...