Word: wisp
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...those who think a Harvard biddie is a meek, Maude Adams wisp of a woman who glides unseen and unheard through the monastic suites with pail and dustup, the life of one Crimson editor will seem a complete enigma. Mrs G. . . . to whom he wistfully refers as "the woman who allegedly cleans my room," is a German fran of no mean tonnage and poundage, who keeps both him and his roommate completely under her thumb. Unfortunately for his relations with his redoubtable keeper the editor is far from the paragon of neatness, and at any given time his bedroom looks...
...dark, still night last week sentries guarded the lonely road to the Navesink station. No wisp...
Seasoned with a wisp of hair...
...years ago a Seattle salvage company proposed to raise the wreck and recover its treasure, had little difficulty selling $500,000 of stock in the enterprise. It was to be no will-o'-the-wisp chase, but a sober, scientific business undertaking...
...Harewood. In Harewood's trophy room is a silver-mounted riding whip that is one of the most famed racing trophies in Britain. Originally "The Whip" was a cravache used by peruked Charles II, but the original whip was lost, has been a will o' the wisp for antiquaries these many years. The present trophy is supposed to have been carefully plaited from the tail of that greatest of stallions, the unbeaten Eclipse. Lord Harewood was given seven days either to forfeit The Whip or agree to race his father-in-law's five-year...