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Word: bellboy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...elderly eccentric rose, phoned for a bellboy, and gathered his last-minute personal effects into the pocket of his waistcoat. We accompanied him down to the street, where a victoria was drawn up at the curb, the driver waiting by the head of his old cob. Cameras clicked as Tilley stepped into the carriage and sat down. He held his brassie at his side, stiffly, like a sword. By his side sat a pretty girl, who welcomed him to the carriage and made him comfortable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Tilley's Farewell | 8/16/1937 | See Source »

These positions remained until, after passing the bridge, Kirkland raised their stroke slightly and forged into a lead they never relinquished. Eliot nosed in ahead of the tiring Bellboy boat, and Adams struggled across the finish ten lengths back. The times for the Henley course were 7:11 for Kirkland; Eliot, 7:13; Lowell, 7:15. The seatings of the crews were as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEACONS GAIN STRAUS TROPHY OVER LOWELL | 5/21/1937 | See Source »

With the score 8-4 against them in the first of the seventh Eliot put on a stirring rally. Combining a walk and two Bellboy errors with a two-run double by Cleveland Amory '39, and a timely single by Sheldon P. Peterfreund '39, the Elephants deadlocked the ball game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 5/1/1937 | See Source »

...Louisville, in the lobby of the Brown Hotel, a bellboy caught a fish in his hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 15, 1937 | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

...bleak afternoon in Evanston when the referee moved the ball to Minnesota's one year line and a Northwestern touchdown, it was well known that Minnesota had been playing football since 1932 without a single defeat. Coach Bernie Bierman wore Knute Rockne's mantle; to Minneapolis citizens from bellboy up, the garment even seemed a bit snug...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPOTLIGHTER | 11/28/1936 | See Source »

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