Word: socks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Devil held the plough, and John Young, our Officer, did drive the plough. Toads did draw the plough as oxen, couchgrass was the harness and trace-chains, a gelded animal's horn was the coulter, and a piece of a gelded animal's horn was the sock [ploughshare...
...contemplating the gaping hole in the argyle sock, where he was about to commit his bare foot, when his reveries were interrupted by a stealthy knock at the door. "It's open," he purred, in the renowned mellow 100 proof tone, as a mufflered figure sidled in, peering in both directions over the upturned label of a secondhand Brooks Brothers overcoat...
...continue," he continued, as Vag vainly tried to direct his attention to the sock, "we'll need every bit of backing we can enlist. No vote is too unimportant smirk, "Of course, we have to fight a pretty strong set of opponents. We're bucking the Liberal Union, the Lampoon, the Veterans Theater worshop, and the Hasty Pudding, all solid against us. We've got, the Advocate, but they may not unleash their power in time. Of course, you might say we've also got the Society for the Preservation of Free Enterprise. On freedom from enterprises naturally appeals...
...forced to pay through the nose for various unwise acts. In 1922, when U.M.W. members killed 19 strikebreakers and wrecked the mine of the Southern Illinois Coal Co. near Herrin, the U.M.W. settled out of court for around $700,000. But never had any union treasury taken such a sock as last week's. That is, it would be a sock if the Supreme Court upheld the sentence. The Court said it would hear arguments next month...
...Pronounced Eek-o-sock or Eck-o-sock, optionally, and not to be confused with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). UNESCO is a semi-autonomous U.N. body which will probably have head quarters in Paris...