Word: pyjamas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...vigorous indignation with which Manhattan's critics attacked the latest Nichols production indicated that their powers of vituperation had not abated in 14 "jerky," years. They "dated," called "uninspired," "labored," Pre-Honeymoon "dull," "artificially pumped-up entertainment," "a whisky and pyjama brawl." With a great show of mock anxiety, how ever, most of them echoed the conclusion of the Times's Brooks Atkinson : "If it were not for the painful instance of Abie's Irish Rose, a critic might feel safe in dismissing Pre-Honeymoon...
Astonishing as are the phenomena of American public life, the pyjama Senators and boy-friend Mayors, the antics of the war veterans seem to put to the blush the wildest acts of self-seeking politicians. In the West the contingents Washington-bound have commandeered trains, interfered with the passage of United States' mail, and forced police to resist them openly. In New York they have stolen a ferry, and intimidated government officials into providing them with transportation. The threat of violence, always only implied, but ever present, has everywhere extorted food and shelter from the communities through which the veterans...