Word: skunked
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...chief butt of Lardnerian irony, nor has he yet exhausted his variations on the subject. "The Love Nest," "Who Dealt?" and "Reunion" - all connubia- are the three best tricks in this new bagful, unless you choose "Haircut," wherein a smalltown barber unconsciously reveals his hero as a downright skunk. Most of the stories reflect the writer's present environment (Manhattan), figuring producers, stage folk, song-johnnies and the like. In "Women" he is true to his old love- ball players...
...which, of course, is for a famed five-letter African skunk...
Cities shall no longer spring up like amorphous patches of skunk cabbage, misshapen, loutish, by every tuppeny estuary or frail river. The growth must be directed intelligently if the U. S. is to avoid such "atrocities" in city-planning as its present metropoleis. "New York," declaired Robert W. DeForest, "is the world most horrible example. . . ." Boston, planned like a squatter's settlement, cannot recover good form for less than $50,000,000. Washington and Philadelphia, braced in infancy are straighter And the city of the future...
...exciting and adventurous experiences as the CRIMSON reported him to have had he did admit under pressure to having hunted for five days in company with his brother during which time he "saw" a lion, and shot a few African bush animals of the same genus as the American skunk...
...many instances the most promising candidates have been ignored. The turtle is not particularly handsome, but he is unequalled as the symbol of a perfect defence. His speed too, if Aesop is to be believed, is far from negligible. From the viewpoint of the perfect attack the skunk is the only candidate in the field. The times cry out, however, for an animal versed in all the methods of warfare. Which fits the need more satisfactorily than the porcupine? His footwork may not be so flashy as that of some, but he has a finesse and technique...