Word: pucker
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...should get married now and buy a mortgage on the Sirilund trading station. So Hartvigsen gave his silver for a mortgage. He also talked with Rosa as Mack suggested. They were agreed. He enlarged his house, bought doves and a piano, stretched his mighty arms. He scarcely noticed Rosa pucker her nose when he boasted of his money and compared himself to Mack...
...flesh, either Mr. Rogers or Mr. Peet, few are without their conception of the personal appearance of these able outfitters. They envision Rogers as a spindling little man, whose pathetic shanks, shrunken torso and desiccated arms, contrast oddly with the twinkling zest of his round impish face, the shrewd pucker of his mobile mouth; they picture Peet as his twin, in all respects identical. For such are the eloquent small figures that have long capered in the advertising columns of theatre programs and daily newspapers, accompanied by a jest, a clothing suggestion and the name of the firm. Last week...
...Pucker went in to pitch the ninth and held the visitors safe. With two out in the Crimson half Lane had a wild street, passing three men in suspension. Rice rolled a slow grounder down the third base line and but the throw to first, tying the score. Keene ended the inning by forcing Rice at accord...