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  • "Pussyfoot" Johnson, whose effort to prohibitionize Scotland failed recently, was discussing his failure with a New York editor.

    More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher

  • It appears that the man called the lamp-post "Pussyfoot," and the latter promptly knocked him down.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30 Various

  • They may be exuberant, noisy, and rowdy on occasion, but they are neither grubby nor callous, and the unfortunate episode of their treatment of Mr. "Pussyfoot" Johnson may be regarded, we believe, as a blot on the scutcheon of their sportsmanship which the great majority regretted and reprobated.

    Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921

  • The cynic is as welcome at the annual feast of turkey and plum pudding as Mr. "Pussyfoot" would be at a

    Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Richard King 1913

  • The ex-M.P. possibly reflects now on the difficulties with which any attempts to introduce "Pussyfoot" legislation into India would be confronted in a land where some trees produce red wine spontaneously.

    The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

  • This was accordingly done, to the immense dissatisfaction of the men, who probably regarded it as a forerunner of "Pussyfoot" legislation.

    The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

  • Before ABC's ObamaCare Special, Conservatives Provide Other Side; MRC Launches ObamaCareTruth. org Chris Matthews Attacks: Joe and Mika 'Pussyfoot' Issue of Health Care Reform

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias 2009

  • Chris Matthews Attacks: Joe and Mika 'Pussyfoot' Issue of Health Care Reform MRC's Tim Graham Discusses Obama Treatment by WH Press Corps on 'O'Reilly Factor'

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias 2009

  • Before ABC's ObamaCare Special, Conservatives Provide Other Side; MRC Launches ObamaCareTruth. org Chris Matthews Attacks: Joe and Mika 'Pussyfoot' Issue of Health Care Reform

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias 2009

  • Before ABC's ObamaCare Special, Conservatives Provide Other Side; MRC Launches ObamaCareTruth. org Chris Matthews Attacks: Joe and Mika 'Pussyfoot' Issue of Health Care Reform

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias 2009

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