Word: unhand
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ricault went there; so did Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, who designed the Statue of Liberty. Louis-le-grand taught Writers Victor Hugo, Charles Peguy, Theophile Gautier, Paul Claudel and, more recently, Jean-Paul Sartre. The poet Baudelaire was aptly pegged ("somewhat bizarre charm") before being expelled for refusing to unhand another boy's note in class (he swallowed it). Louis-le-grand produced Bankers Henri and Alphonse de Rothschild; Sweden's King Oscar II, France's President (1913-20) Raymond Poincaré, Senegal President Léopold Senghor. Premier Georges Pompidou went there...
There was a scuffle, and Kelly played it for all he was worth. Cried he to one of the tusslers: "Unhand me, sir." Romney's men tried to persuade the management to toss Kelly out-or at least to transfer him to another room, preferably in the basement. But Kelly would not budge...
...uncommon tradition, Congress will unhand the money (or most of it) without strings-grateful that a sophisticated outfit knows how to spend...