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Word: spading (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...close to feelings of guilt, to speak about directly. Like stammers or tears, euphemisms will be created whenever men doubt, or fear, or do not know. The instinct is not wholly unhealthy; there is a measure of wisdom in the familiar saying that a man who calls a spade a spade is fit only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE EUPHEMISM: TELLING IT LIKE IT ISN'T | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

...Bidding: East South West North Pass 1 spade pass 3 spades pass 6 spades all pass West led the Heart King...

Author: By Stephen F. Kelley, | Title: Kelley on Bridge | 8/12/1969 | See Source »

...ruffing a third in his hand. Declarer then went to the board with a trump trick and led back the last diamond which East covered with the jack. Here declarer made the key play and refused the trick, discarding the club from his hand upon which West discarded a spade...

Author: By Stephen F. Kelley, | Title: Kelley on Bridge | 7/8/1969 | See Source »

Therefore, when East led back a small spade, declarer played low in his hand, and took the trick with the queen on the board. The spade return drew East's king and last spade upon which declarer cashed his ace. South then played out his last two trump, and when West discarded the jack of spades, happily laid down the good spade for the contract and the small slam...

Author: By Stephen F. Kelley, | Title: Kelley on Bridge | 7/8/1969 | See Source »

...always there when needed. Negro Actor James Earl Jones mentioned that he did not particularly enjoy being called a "spade cat." Cavett allowed as how he could understand that. After all, "The old maid in the apartment above me lives with a spayed cat." Caught on-camera taking a telephone call from the producer, Cavett flashed an exasperated look and ad-libbed: "I've told you never to call me at work, Miss Lollobrigida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk Shows: Cavett's Return | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

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