Word: throating
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...Goeta Ljungberg] sang for the Queen of Sweden, got five crowns because she had 'gold in her throat.' She spent the five crowns on cakes and milk for her school friends."-TIME...
...since Queen Victoria of Sweden told her she "had God in her throat."-The New Yorker...
...second was Percy Edwards Quin, 59, of McComb City, Miss. A rustic wit, he was famed for voting more or less as he pleased on minor issues, for tearing off his collar and salting his throat while engaged in debate and for smoking a pipe on the House floor, against strict rules. A Congressman for almost 19 years, he had chairmanned the Military Affairs Committee since the Democrats organized the 72nd Congress...
...Government leader. On either side in full regalia stood representatives of the church and diplomatic corps, white-wigged Supreme Court. Black Rod (Parliamentary usher) left to sum mon the Commons, banged thrice on their door, bowed thrice when he entered, thrice when he left. The Governor General cleared his throat, read a short Speech from the Throne. As His Majesty's representative, Lord Bessborough...
Soprano Ljungberg's voice has lovely subtle tones but is not strikingly powerful for a Wagnerian's. It was only a medium-sized voice when on her eighth birthday she sang for the Queen of Sweden, got five crowns because she had "gold in her throat." She spent the five crowns on cakes and milk for her school friends. In Stockholm's singing academy she learned German (she calls it Yarman) and the German operas. She acquired superstitions. The right foot must come out of bed first in the morning, the right stocking go on first. If a costume...