Word: cheeking
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...through the arch formed by the cheek bone and the temporal bone (at the side of the skull), pushed the upper end of the jaw forward with a small steel bar, and wedged a block of cartilage, which he had cut from the ribs, in front of the ear. The block served as an extension of the jaw bone, soon grew firm and strong, advanced the lower jaw four-fifths of an inch (see cut). The new position of the jaw naturally changed the bite of the patient, but it did not take him long to get used...
...catch a "hog on ice" and they will have no need of book-lore to explain the expression. Deferentially and apologetically to Reader Hooper; the expression in the hinterlands is not "pert as a barn rat," but applies to sundry persons who are described as having "the cheek of a privy rat." The bucolic rhythm beats only in the backwoods...
...return. Star reporters wrote front-page stories in fake Irish dialect. As a million people watched him go up Broadway, Corrigan's modest self-assurance set Manhattan's press crowing louder than ever. Said F. Raymond Daniell of the Times: "A hero with his tongue in his cheek, blarney on his lips and the twinkle of the devil in his eyes." Said William D. O'Brien of the World-Telegram: ". . . A sight of Corrigan himself, with the lean peaked face alight with the puckish smile, the same captivating gift coming, it seemed sure, from the Little Folk...
...Angeles lawyer's office, one-time Cinemoppet Jackie (The Kid) Coogan bestowed a kiss upon the cheek of Mrs. Lillian Coogan Bernstein, his mother and bitter opponent in a law suit over his $4,000,000 estate (TIME, April 18). Mrs. Bernstein wept...
...week breathed a sigh of relief. "It's fine," he declared, "but you know the monarch of a small country such as ours had to be very careful not to get mixed up in international politics through marriage." Confidant Koci's assurance was made with tongue-in-cheek. Zog has long been over his head in international waters. Since 1927 he has been a puppet of Mussolini. Italian non-interest-bearing loans bolster Albanian Government finances, the army is Italian-officered and Italy is Albania's best customer. Thus the wedding had to have the official Mussolini...