Word: peaching
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...plot is concerned with keeping Paisano Garfield from committing the unpardonable sin of marrying. This predicament would never have arisen if his grandfather had not died and bequeathed him two clapboard houses and a gold watch-a misfortune bemoaned by his indolent companions when they discover that a peach-skinned Portuguese named Hedy Lamarr has her dark eyes on their new-found wealth...
When Jinx left, there was a mad stampede toward the Common Room and beer. One table and innumerable spectators were trampled in the dust. One intelligent Yardling came fortified with peach brandy; while about 25 others joined in kidapping a whole keg of brew...
...group's financial angel, who lives in the mansion and is married to Surrealist Ernst, is black-haired, husky-voiced Peggy Guggenheim, niece of philanthropic Copper Tycoon Solomon Guggenheim. Peggy Guggenheim, who loves to sport eight-inch earrings and a housecoat made entirely of peach-colored feathers, does no painting herself, but practically supports the group by collecting its pictures, plans next fall to open a Manhattan museum where they can be shown...
...talked themselves out. They knew all about every woman any one of them had so much as kissed. They could recite back to Aldrich the names of the three cows on his old man's farm; and they warned him not to describe again how the peach trees looked in the spring. Pastula sang softly until his throat became too parched. Dixon, impatient, worried but cheerfully profane, decided to head for islands in the south. He drew a chart on a piece of canvas. With the salvaged line of rope and a life jacket, he rigged...
There were bathrooms of pink marble with gold-plated washbasins; bedrooms done in beige and peach with four-posters decorated with petit-point insets. The smoking room sported a collection of trophies, including the stuffed heads of rhinos and antelopes, and a couple of completely stuffed turtles. A brace of stuffed trophies cheered the sick bay. Besides a suite for Mrs. Davies' daughter, Nedenia, there were staterooms for Mr. & Mrs. Davies, sleeping accommodations for 14 guests...