Word: poke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Harry Furniss, 70, famed caricaturist; at Hastings, England. He cartooned for Punch and the men he drew "came to look more and more like his caricatures"-Mr. Gladstone adopting a high poke collar, Mr. Balfour's legs growing longer and longer...
Bide Dudley- "He could tell that old poke about the chicken crossing the road and take six encores and three bows on it. That's how funny Ed Wynn...
During this time Coach Winsor will school his charges in overcoming the weakness which appeared against Yale last Saturday. Harvard was not able to cope with the poke-checking which the Elis on the defense used almost entirely to break up the Crimson forwards...
...King, whose own prize contest resulted in the dubbing of prohibition violators as "Scofflaws", went on to say: "People can poke fun at the idea that the violator of law is a menace to the government, but after all law is the basis of government. Keep the thing before the public--both sides of it. The more it is discussed, the sooner right will come...
...University line-up showed signs of promise. Beals gave some of the necessary strength to the center of the Crimson front. Harvard's passing game, however, was not up to that of the green-jerseyed skaters. Frequently an easy poke from the Crimson center was entirely missed by the other...