Word: specked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...took a fresh-water bath, broke his marine diet by eating an egg and drinking coffee. After an hour and a half, he went back to his raft with some apples and a fresh battery for his radio. Passengers watched and waved until the raft dwindled to a speck on the horizon and disappeared...
...suspects summoned to testify are well-known to detectives who have been working on the case. One of them, "Speck" O'Keefe, an efficient hold-up man, was among the first batch of police record holders taken into custody in 1950, questioned and released. When O'Keefe indicated he had little to tell the grand jury, the judge cited him for contempt; another witness, a Boston bookie, received 18 months in jail on the same change, and three others were similarly charged. All are contesting...
Seven years and 70 letters passed. Breda, a country milkmaid in the County Kerry village of Lispole, a speck on the map not far from Tralee, wrote of raising a greyhound, of playing a few parts on the stage at Killarney, of hoping some day to teach Frank the hornpipe. Frank, who was now an arc welder, wrote that he had sold his 1941 automobile, cashed in his war bonds and was setting aside $80 a month until he had enough for an airplane trip to County Kerry...
...smaller target of his stocky little frame. He wriggled, fidgeted with his cap, hitched up his belt, got his feet dug in, began waggling his bat. Just as the pitcher started his windup, he let down the bat, stepped out of the box and elaborately wiped an imaginary speck out of his eye. The pitcher waited, ball clutched in his throwing hand. With a swagger, the batter walked over to the rosin bag, picked it up, dusted his hands and wiped them on the seat of his pants. Then he stepped up to the plate again. Just as the pitcher...
...maid service depends on each man. If neatness is your weakness, rest assured that there will be a place for everything and everything will remain there. If you like to live in a state of cluttered order, the deft mop handlers can whisk every speck of dust away and never disturb one half-full whiskey bottle...