Word: raffishly
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Caroline's food during the royal honeymoon. After their separation, the Prince indulged his hatred of Caroline by keeping her from their child, Charlotte. Caroline proceeded to mother every unattached infant she could lay her hands on, adopting one "Willikins" who turned out half-witted. In fits of raffish humor she sometimes hinted that Willikins was hers; though she also said (truthfully, according to Biographer Coxe): "De only time I ever committed adultery was wid de husband of Mrs. Fitzherbert...
...raffish crew of old pals marched up to the witness chair, testified, marched down again while Lepke sat in silence with no sign of expression on his lumpish face. Prison-pale were some of the witnesses. Ten of the 23 for the Government were felons, including: paunchy Yasha Katzenberg, described by the League of Nations as an "international menace," organizer of a $10,000,000 dope ring into which, he said Lepke muscled; Benny Schisoff, Coney Island frozen-custard man, implicated in the racket but free on a suspended sentence; John McAdams, Customs sergeant who accepted bribes to let trunkloads...