Word: big
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arms. "Well, Mr. President, I would put on a navy-blue field two eight-oared shells; in the fore-ground one with a crimson-shirted coxswain, and away off in the distance, just visible, the other boat with a blue-shirted coxswain. I should have for supports, two big subscription-books with 'Paid' written on them; and for a motto nine big Harvard 'Rahs.' There, Mr. President, that's about my size." This coat of arms was received with tumultuous cheers. When order was restored, the President called on the Swell man. "Mr. President - aw - I have thrown together...
...look at the case in the proper light. It should not be forgotten that a representative government is such only so long as the whole people are represented, the intelligent and good as well as the ignorant and bad, and that, as a small force is not unfrequently big in result, the indication of the choice of the University in this matter may be effective in securing the nomination of some man who is a type of the best American citizen. At any rate, it can do no harm. The gentleman in charge of the polls is a proof that...
...big to kick...
...elegant edition of the Recorder, bound in crimson cloth, containing all the rules, superbly illustrated with magnificent colored cuts of the Gymnasium, the big dumbbell, view of the dressing-room by moonlight, and portrait of the Director, has recently been published by Mauzis Khan (Harvard College...
...near as I can make out, the Vassar woman was created chiefly to write little poems on tinted paper; to torture "classical" music out of grand pianos; to furnish paragraphs and jokes to the provincial papers, and to be adored by Yale Freshmen. The old man Vassar made a big mistake when he founded that Poughkeepsie ranch, for the ungrateful young dames who go there persistently ignore the very best thing that Matthew ever produced in his life - his beer. - Acta Columbiana...