Word: peking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rest of my life," said he. But he said he had some plays he hoped to get produced. His first night was rather makeshift: hotel space was spare, and large, bald Wodehouse had to sleep on a couch. Next day he discovered he couldn't take his Peke into a restaurant with him. About those light-hearted broadcasts from Nazi Germany: they were just thoughtless mistakes. Mrs. Wodehouse explained defensively: "He just didn't realize." Wodehouse, bright enough when it comes to earning his living, said he was now four books ahead of himself, and the first would...
...favorite among the 2,388 delegates was a ten-pound Pekingese, Ch. Che-Le of Matsons Catawba, whose family tree dates back to Chinese antiquity. Ch. Che-Le, said to be worth $1,000 a lb., had won eleven minor best-in-shows in 1941. But the pompous little Peke, apparently overconfident, failed to win even best-of-breed...