Word: spray
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first great vegetarians. . . . He lived on fruits and vegetables almost exclusively and never drank alcoholic drinks, preferring water with a little sugar in it. . . . His use of perfumes was his only bad habit. All in all he was a clean, religious man. But he used to spray himself profusely with attar of roses and essence of black currants...
...thin writhing black column of a waterspout. In a few seconds, as we watched, it grew into a black, whirling corkscrew at least 600 feet high and probably 50 feet or more in diameter. ... As it grew in size ... it took the shape and appearance of a great snake, spray and mist rising in clouds from where its tail lashed the sea. Yet its writhing edges were clean-cut as a broad band of black ribbon. ... It was exactly seven minutes from the time the spout first formed until it faded into the black depths of the moving squall...
...entubed beer analyzed at less than ½% of 1% alcohol. There was no legal case. Explained Agent Porter: "I never would have believed it. ... The saloonkeepers spray the tops of kegs of nearbeer with alcohol. That gives the taste and smell of alcoholic beer...
...White Horse, last week, 100 barrels of old crankcase oil and 1,000 Ib. of lampblack were unloaded for Capt. Wheeler. This year he has a tractor and a pressure spray to paint with...
...only 60 days, since within that time he must fight Maxie Rosenbloom, rated as the best light heavyweight of all. For eight rounds stubby Scozza, a swinger, plunged after dancing Slattery, received a hearty cuffing. In the next four rounds Slattery got tired. In the 13th, a wild spray of punches suddenly erupted from Scozza. He dazed Slattery, knocked him against the ropes, was about to knock him out when the bell rang. Glassy-eyed but courageous, with his last energy forcing his wobbling legs to dance once more, Slattery jabbed and countered in the 15th...