Word: wagonful
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...Orleans, blaring Negro bands were carted through the streets on the slightest pretext; the trombonist sat well back, over the parade wagon tailgate, where he had elbow room to maneuver his slide...
There is nothing wrong with its basic story-Miss Durbin's transcontinental pursuit of the officer she thinks she loves, by covered wagon (the year is 1849); ner Senator father's (Ray Collins) pursuit of her; her ultimate discovery that she really loves her traveling companion (Robert Paige), a cardsharp. In fact, that sort of easy foolishness might make just the right sort of clothesline to hang a beautiful show on. But such a show needs delicate direction, which can kid it along over the bigger, sillier bumps, and make every possible use of its natural beauty. There...
...found that usually he could cure their taste for liquor only by curing their neuroses through psychotherapy. In very rare cases, a cat gradually worked itself out of its fears after repeated drinking. When it began to feel its normal self while sober, it usually went on the wagon...
...Twas the Night Before. . . . In San Antonio, an ex-newspaper reporter turned Santa Claus (for a local department store), returned from lunch two hours overdue and tipsy, trod on a shiny, bright red wagon, coasted halfway across the floor, barked at the fascinated kiddies who pattered to his rescue: "Get away, you little bastards...
Then, as he vomited gasoline and seawater, the monstrous form of a battleship bore down on him. He had managed to get his waterproof flashlight in hand. He pressed the button, waved the light overhead. The battle wagon swept past...