Word: pignon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During the incessant pulling on and off of the "covers" (tarpaulins), British journalists and other kinds adjourned to a convenient bar. Invariably, the conversation wound its way to tradition. "Americans seem even fonder of tradition than we are," said Laurie Pignon of the Daily Mail, "one supposes because they have so bloody little of it. But they have the best winners in tennis, and we have the best losers in the world, and tradition will always keep Wimbledon special, if not what it was." For Pignon, a picturesquely mustachioed man with a pipe and a paisley shirt, this...