Word: skunking
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...little hoeing in your own garden? You may not know it, but since last June your patch has become so infested with Red skunk cabbage that it is beginning to be a nuisance to the neighborhood...
...skunk had wandered on to the floor of the House, Congressmen could not have watched it more nervously than they watched the 1941 Tax Bill, just sent in by the Ways & Means Committee. But under the gag rule to bar amendments from the floor (which Republicans planned to fight as usual, expecting as usual to lose) they could only wring their hands, utter a few pained monosyllables, then vote on the bill. They were expected to do their duty by passing it this week...
...Second had violated another Pattonism. Meeting abler anti-tank tactics from the 27th and 30th than it had expected, it had lost many tanks. D.S.C.Man Patton had warned them of the danger of 75s along the roadside. Said he (amended version): "Never engage in a scenting match with a skunk." The Second, relying on its own strength, had failed to use its infantry, and the failure had been expensive. It had also failed to coordinate its work with its allied Fifth Division, and been cited by the umpires for the failure...
...Skunk...
...Diego, Calif., an arrested motorist charged with drunken driving unsuccessfully defended himself by explaining that he had been zigzagging to dodge a skunk...