Word: pertness
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...Asked a pert reporter: "Do you favor a big navy...
Harold Nicolson likes pictures but hates music. Snub-nosed, curly-haired, rosy, he looks a little too pert for his age (46), wears clothes a little too young for him. He knows "everybody" from London to Constantinople...
...Gianetta showed from the moment that they were picked out of the crowd of flower-girls by the blindfolded young men that they were going to make the most of the two best ingenue parts in the Savoy Operas. Gilbert, in a particularly happy mood, made them two pert, attractive little baggages with minds of their own. Tessa and Gianetta steer a refreshing course, avoiding the Victorian doldrums (insipid Mabel, elfish Yum-Yum) and the Gilbertian caricatures (whining Ruth, tasteless Katisha). "When a Merry Maiden Marries" comes off with admirable airiness and grace, and so does the romping fantasy...
Thus far the. tournament's heroine, Charlotte Glutting soon saw her fun ended. Smiling, pert-nosed Virginia ("Gino") Van Wie (to rhyme with "tee") was too much for her (4 & 3) and the final gallery gathered around to watch a match often played before. Miss Van Wie v. cool, collected Glenna Collett Vare. five times the champion, twice Miss Van Wie's mistress in national finals...
...authors' repertoire of humorous situations is not original, but at least it is varied and extensive. Example: "Where are you going?" the irate, over-curious mother asks of grandmother Dixon who is making haste in her own sedate way up the stairs. "To the bathroom" is the pert reply. Much additional fun in better taste abounds...