Word: wetting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...illustrate to Vic that no matter how disgusting a radio commercial may be, it's O.K. if it hits the spot. Then he emptied a carafe of water over the table (drenching the knocking knees of several hirelings)-to illustrate that any other kind of commercial is "all wet." Finally, he removed his dental plate and wagged it in Vic's face, growling menacingly: "I can see you've already got your teeth in our problem. See what I mean...
...walked the water. Cajuns say that a pirogue is so delicately balanced that shifting a cud of tobacco from one cheek to another is enough to upset it. But skilled Cajuns cast heavy shrimp nets, go hunting, catch alligators and attend funerals in them without ever getting their feet wet. And they make them go much faster than canoes...
...Rostand tries to be another Shakespeare or Racine that the play loses its dash. The death of Christian, the puppet lover, and the end of Cyrano himself in a nunnery are on the edge of ennui. Written at a time when audiences liked their melodrama lush and their tears wet, these heroics leave the modern theatre-goer cold...
...Wet was the word for Wachusett Country Club on Saturday, and consequently, Charlie Mulcahy couldn't set it on fire although he did win the New England intercollegiate individual title with a card of 163 for 36 holes. This victory came on the heels of the Crimson's team victory on Friday, a victory in which Mulcahy, as medalist, played a decisive role...
Announcer Ed Stevens hooked his mike to a portable transmitter and walked to the river's edge. Then he began his floe-by-floe report. Wet snow had been melting as it fell and, about midafternoon, sun stabbed through the overcast. Behind Stevens' voice, listeners heard the babble of some 250 sourdoughs and Indians excitedly looking for signs of the breakup. Suddenly, like a carrier flight deck in heavy seas, the great mass of ice heaved and fell. A finger of water slithered across the ice and a moment later jagged, crashing floes crunched downstream. No radio audience...