Word: ravishing
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...gold mine. A pestiferous dog saves the situation-at least for home-loving Wife Sheridan-by exhuming a letter from Washington to the Continental Army (modern value: $50,000). As a deadpan caretaker, Percy Kilbride gets the lion's share of the laughs. While the locusts ravish Mr. Benny, Kilbride drawls: "And three months ahead of schedule...
Rivers of assorted drinkables gurgled down his gullet. When drunk, his behavior was colorful. Vainglorious, he would swagger the streets, throwing handfuls of small silver to the ragamuffins following at heel. Sentimental, he would warble Go Tell Aunt Rhody or Oh White, White Moon. Belligerent, he would ravish a saloon, break all the glassware, splendidly pay for it next day. He put on flesh...