Word: worming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Passionately extolled were Yamato Furs: "artificial furs . . . absolutely safe from worm damage, as they are not made of woollen materials . . . but . . . silk . . . having an extremely good flexibility and they never shrink...
...eyes and died. Exhibitor Frank said she was sure he had been poisoned. Aside from this incident the show went on with proper dignity. Amid the smell of chlorine that effaces the natural smell of dogs, flanked by rows of booths where biscuits, whips, brushes, blankets, Spratts food, worm medicine and Old Trusty were offered for sale, hundreds of thoroughbreds paraded through Madison Square Garden to be judged...
...examination paper arrives in due time and he finds himself before a set of questions that, in his mind, are so meticulous, so imbedded in the obscure parts of the subject., that they are suitable only for one who has had time to go deeply in and get a "worm's-eye view." He has had no time, with the best will in the world, to do this and it would be inadvisable even if he had time...
When a Gracious Sovereign sees fit to reward an Englishman for his deeds or generosity he may knight him. The College of Arms (or Herald's College) looks through its worm-eaten records, trumps up a coat of arms for the new Lord. Its members* may even try to picture on his shield some connection with his name or works. If his name is Rokeby, his arms may bear the device of three rooks. If he has been an intrepid seafarer, his heraldry may suggest it with a ship...
...angler. Even during the ten years that he was breathing the breath of life into the Atlantic Monthly, flavoring it with humor, human interest and gentle irony, he did not forego fishing or writing about it. Every complete angler is familiar with his quixotic essay "Fishing With A Worm," a stirring defense of the practice...