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gussie

(ˈɡʌsɪ)
n
(Animals) Scot a young pig
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Gussie P -- who may be called a legend in some circles, and indeed has been -- will be joined by the band High Station Sound to put a spin on some chill-out sounds.
American tennis player 'Gorgeous Gussie' Moran caused a sensation at Wimbledon in 1949 by wearing lace-trimmed underwear under her short skirt, designed by Teddy Tinling.
1949 WIMBLEDON was shocked by American tennis player "Gorgeous" Gussie Moran's lace-trimmed knickers.
Laugh-out-loud moments are constant, including Thorpe as Wooster's chum Gussie Fink-Nottle attempting to find a hidden diary in a woman's stockings - while she's wearing them - and the diminutive Ryan mimicking towering fascist thug Roderick Spode using a stepladder and a large suit, while Webb's braying laugh and perfectly-timed deadpan suit Wooster well.
Do you, for instance, remember Gorgeous Gussie, the American player?
He leaves two daughters, Eileen, wife of Paul Robbins of Worcester with whom he lived for many years, and Sherel Levine of Jerusalem, Israel; three grandchildren, Seth Robbins and his wife, Rachel of Sharon, MA, Brett Robbins of Newport, RI, and Jamie, wife of Sam Rubin of London, England; and six great grandchildren, Sarah, Ethan, Eli, Natanel, Noah, and Eden.He was born in Bridgeport, CT the son of Louis and Gussie Shapiro, was raised in Brooklyn, NY, and had lived most of his life in Flushing, NY before moving to Worcester 15 years ago.During WWII he worked as a machinist.
America's Gertrude "Gussie" Moran stuck to the all-white rule in 1949, but still upset organisers who claimed she had brought "vulgarity and sin into tennis" by playing in her famous lace-trimmed knickers and a short tennis dress.
Busch sought to transform the family company run by his father Gussie into a more efficient enterprise.
Jeeves and Wooster made their first appearance in the 1915 short story 'Extricating Young Gussie' and have since appeared in films, on TV and radio and on stage.
Consider Bertie's conversation with Gussie Fink-Nottle regarding Bertie's cancellation of a round-the-world cruise which Jeeves favours:
Declassified documents show that shortly after Gussie Busch entered the Army June 22, 1942, he came under suspicion.