Word: wined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Interrupted at this point by the startling din of an electric bell under the table, Sir James picked up two empty wine glasses, held them like the receiver and transmitter of a telephone, and spoke with concentrated whimsy thus...
...Hello! Hello! Hello! Yes, I'm here. I'm speaking. Who are you? It's Scotland Yard! The Yard asks you a favor, ladies and gentlemen, not to wipe your wine glasses, as the waiters and plain-clothes men are taking fingerprints...
Died. Lieut. Col. Sir Alan Hughes Burgoyne, 48, of Buckinghamshire, England, Conservative member of Parliament, military author, board chairman of 30 companies (phonographs, rubber, books, oil, wine, mines, banks); in Buckinghamshire...
...Champagne country as you ever were in America. I am speaking not of the Americans who come to London but of English people themselves. They are drinking more cocktails all the time, and the Vermouth dealers are making fortunes. As for Champagne it is crowding all the other wines out of our smart restaurants. The women are responsible; they always want Champagne! Every year they want it sweeter, more heavily liquored. And after a meal what is their favorite liqueur? Creme de menthe! I suppose because they like the green color and sickly sweetness." Asked what wines he would serve...
...comes not from the Lower East but the Upper West Side. Since "Red" Mohan flew a rattling "Jenny" plane from Juarez, a fortnight ago, to the rebel forces in Chihuahua with 400 Ibs. of nitroglycerine in the cockpit, a cigaret between his lips, and a pint of tequila (cactus wine) on his hip, he has been a hero to the rebels. Black-eyed wenches smile at him in the plaza of an evening, but Amorous "Red" Mohan is a very Tristram for constancy...