Word: petted
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...Mike, Farewell! We all regret you, Although you would not let us pet you; Of cats, the wisest oldest best cat, This be your motto,-Requiescat...
Pressed by a newsman to declare his pet aversion, he said, "Fools, perhaps. Scripture tells us 'Suffer fools gladly,' but Chesterton goes Scripture one better with 'Enjoy fools uproariously.' " His favorite novelist is Warwick Deeping, his favorite novel Sorrell...
...champion of the right of women to have legal residences separate from their husbands. Recently she went before the New York legislature with members of the National Women's party to advocate such a bill. Last week, the bill was voted on-and newspapers headlined "Walska's Pet Bill Passes." But it was Walska's pet bill in a deformed state. It gave New York women the right to establish separate legal residences for voting and office holding. For purposes of taxation they still, in the law's eyes, reside with their husbands. Thus was Dame...
...scintillated; it was ever so much more clever than his own. These girls really were clever, that was the wonderful thing about them; they always had something to say, and then, they laughed so easily. Peter began to think he too was quite a light. This backed up his pet theories; now he was getting somewhere...
...Pet fancies" of the King-Emperor include, according to Tailor and Cutter: 1) "black and tan boots"; 2) "turn-back cuffs to overcoats"; 3) "double-breasted waistcoats." . . . "Yet there is no mark of overdressing or nibbling at exotic or freakish modes...