Word: toute
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...away from the city's valleyful of smoke & soot, and became, in his own words, "a Southerner who is willing to make it a profession." He mailed his column to about a half dozen other Southern newspapers, who printed it because they liked Graves's ability to tout the South...
Speaking of Philadelphia's presentation, the article states merely: "Philadelphia was touted by Judge L. Stauffer Oliver." The word "tout" has definitely a cheap and unpleasant significance. If I correctly understand the common meaning of that word, there was no touting by any member of the Philadelphia delegation...
Before World War II, it was common practice for U.S. artists either to tout or tear apart "The American Scene." Last week two big annual shows (the Whitney Museum's "Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting" and the "120th Annual" of the conservative National Academy of Design) seemed to say that times have changed...
...doesn't like to admit it in front of the Tsarevich," she added in a stage whisper, "but His Imperial Majesty is simply fascinated by Stalin-mais tout a fait epris...
...crying bitterly. She wore a thin red cotton sweater with a thin cotton dress underneath and the Belgian approximation of bobby socks in scuffed shoes. Her mother, wearying under a heavy bundle, spoke sullenly and bitterly when we asked what was wrong. 'Elle a froid. C'est tout. Elle a froid.' ('She's cold. That's all. She's cold...