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Word: vitus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...friends who have "made sport of him, expressing feigned surprise that he sold his name, picture and reputation in connection with such a low-priced* cigar as those advertised." Other cigars named for famed persons : 15 cents or less: Peter Schuyler, Rob ert Burns, (Daniel) Webster,f (Vitus) Bering (discoverer of the Straits), ‡ William Penn, Raphael, Duke of Savoy, Flor de Spencer, Hanan Bros. (Shoe People), Tom Wilson, Lady Churchill, Captain Marryat. More than 15 cents: Henry Clay, Manuel Garcia. Cigars named after fictional persons: Monte Cristo, Robin Hood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Affront | 6/1/1925 | See Source »

...students happened to walk down the aisle with their coats on. This obviously is a breach of etiquette! Wearing a hat or coat in the dining room IS wrong. But to an equal degree, if not, more is the terrific screaming, yelling and the raising of a general St. Vitus turmoil which was indulged in by most of the diners--ostensibly to show disapproval of "wrong etiquette" but methinks an opportunity inadvertently seized by sub-conscious entities to show the genuine essence within; men cursed with a woeful lack of self-restraint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 11/27/1920 | See Source »

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