Word: satine
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...known, liked to exasperate the uplifters of the late Victorian era by his disgraceful behavior. Many a stein of beer he quaffed in scandalous company. Many an adventure he enjoyed because no proper person would. Slyly he defended the social standing of young ladies with bodies like "white satin stoves." He exulted in his holy war on behalf of Chopin. He inspired the admiration, even the imitation, of the religiously individualistic H. L. Mencken...
...Significance. Of the many moods subtly fused into this book, the predominant mood is one of satire. Too wise to bear any rancor, too polite to make her rudeness obvious, Author Warner ever so softly annihilates Christian idiocies. Her weapons are neither rapiers nor bludgeons. They are satin sofa-pillows which she tosses laughingly but with accuracy. Breaking when they land, her missiles leave the recipient white and ridiculous with feathers. In prose as easygoing, as smooth and level as a buzzard's flight, she matches her astute intelligence with a fancy as varied as it is engaging...
Florence Walton, famed onetime wife of the late Maurice Mouvet, now dancing in a Paris revue with Georges Carpentier, was photographed with him a fortnight ago as they appeared at an Egyptian ball. M. Carpentier, painted powdered and jeweled, was dressed in satin like an Egyptian queen...
...satin and brocade, powdered wigs, billowing hoopskirts and lacy pantaloons, Smith College teachers and their consorts last week played at opera. In the gay frillery of Georg Friedrich Handel's time (1685-1759), instead of in Roman and Egyptian robes, they gave his nearly forgotten Julius Caesar its first U. S. showing. Professor Oliver Larkin staged the production; Professor Werner Josten directed...
...turned calf" hide it in flapping cylinders, or at best set it forth to little advantage under plus fours. It is only a question of time, and of the advent of a man of spirit, before the black and white of evening dress gives way to silken hose and satin knee-breeches, vests of gorgeous brocade and cloaks of rainbow colors...