Word: toothbrush
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...toothbrush with a rubber bulb on the handle, for rinsing the teeth while brushing...
When I returned from the movies tonight, my roommate squirted a siphon of water all over me. Not only that, the snake had covered my toothbrush with soap, and to finish off the dirty business, had carefully arranged Concord grapes all over my bed, so that when I got in I slipped back and forth and squashed the grapes until I felt like a jelly fish. I think he had been drinking...
...Vagabond gasped and nearly swallowed his toothbrush. He was on the trial of something big. Why do they give us money? To help the University as an institution or to help the students? Both I guess, but I'll bet there are a lot of men who would rather help the students directly than create national scholarships or roving professorships, but they can't give any money because they don't know what the University needs from the Undergraduate point of view...
...Newest "Coronation novelties" on sale in London are cakes of bath soap bearing sculptured busts of King George & Queen Elizabeth in bas relief. Hairbrushes similarly adorned were offered, also a bathroom gadget holding side by side a bust of His Majesty and a toothbrush...
...first thing to do is to take the book out of its nest in your dirty laundry in your suitcase. Place it carefully on your desk. Cover it thoroughly with five dirty socks, a towel, your old toothbrush, and the two latest copies of Life. You will never be bothered by that book again. If you are tempted to come close to it sometime during the next few days do not be afraid. Your eye will be caught by one of the new copies of Life (advt.) and you can settle down with it. If you are really resourceful...