Word: poohed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since the alacrity of Mayor Walker's political opponents to pooh-pooh the idea of their being connected with such underhanded operations as wire-tapping was matched only by the promptness with which the Mayor himself assured the public he cared not a whit if they did listen, one must conclude that some motive lying deeper than matters of state actuated the recent listening in on the Mayor's telephones...
...outrage" but he set to work afresh on the whole Barlow case, with the hope of closing it out and forever eradicating a small patch of international prickly heat. The Post Office Department last week made sounds like a 3? postage stamp. From Capitol Hill, echo answered: "Pooh-pooh...
...since last year a director of Utility Power & Light Corp. (Chicago), has been conducting an acrimonious, unended debate with Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer. Professor Moulton charges British astronomers with belittling Chamberlin's pioneer work on the planetesimal theory and insinuating that they accomplished its real development. Professor Jeffreys pooh-poohs Prof. Moulton's charges, says brusquely that Prof. Moulton "has been asleep for 20 years...
...which, hitch, ditch, bitch, snitch and kitch, kitchy-koo, cranks will give thanks, thankfully thanks will be given by cranks, to you, toodle-oo, pooh...
...conscious of the whimsy with which they are dealing that it vanishes in their eager hands. This is particularly true of Mary Ellis and in a lesser degree of Basil Sydney. However, not even heavy performances can completely weigh down ebullient dialog. There are worse places in life than Pooh Corner...