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Word: aine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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Ferdy began to feel better when they started, his long legs taking him along with the head men across the Common. "Ah," thought Ferdy, "now they'll see 'the telegraph poles' ain't so bad," and Ferdy "hitted 'er up" across the fences, and was soon at the head of the line, and the "whipper in" crying to him not to go so blankety fast or he'll tire out the crowd. As they run up the street Ferdy begins to have, oh, such a pain in his side, and you can hear his heart go thumpety-thump against...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WOFUL TALE OF FERDINAND VAN RASSELAS. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

More Janitorism. JANITOR (to an unoffending Sub-Fresh., who has asked where his brother, Simpkins, '81, rooms), "Ain't 81 rooms in the buildin'. What yer givin' us, hey?" Exit, proud of having foiled his adversary. (Fact...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 11/21/1879 | See Source »

...ain't in the habit o' tellin' much to the women-folks, they make such a darned gabble." Can't you see here the verdant Freshman or more experienced Soph who has spent his summer with his pretty cousins, and accordingly "understands the ladies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARKING BOOKS. | 2/7/1879 | See Source »

...ain't a-waitin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WAITERS. | 9/27/1878 | See Source »

...ain't a-waitin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WAITERS. | 9/27/1878 | See Source »

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