Word: brush
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this little joke also throws great discredit upon the college; for the public are only too ready to impute the actions of a few on the many, and do not stop to sift the good from the bad, tarring with the same brush all alike for the acts of a few reckless and dishonest youths...
...being rekindled. Let me suggest, however, that a club be formed which shall devote some of its attention to the class of students whose skill lies in the use of the shot-gun. Many of us are in the habit of devoting a part of our summer vacation to brush-shooting, or else find our sport in shooting beach birds over our decoys, and it is for the benefit of such that I would propose a club in which men could not only get that training which will be of use to them in shooting deer on an Adriondack runway...
...members of the Pierian Sodality, since noted in musical circles, are John S. Dwight, formerly editor of Dwights' Journal of Music; Mr. Apthrop, the well-known musical writer; George L. Osgood, who was conductor of the society; Frank D. Millet, whose fame now rests on his skill with the brush, while in college he won fame by his skilful handling of the drum-sticks; Hon. Robert C. Winthrop and Mr. E. H. Hastings, now manager of the Bijou Theatre, who played what in the society is familiarly called the "bull fiddle." The oldest living member is Gen. Henry K. Oliver...
...family were so delighted that they came out to California to spend the summer. They have been travelling around, seeing the sights, and are now here in town staying at the best hotel in the place," and he pointed across the street to a large tent, backed by a brush shanty. "It was a risky thing to do, especially bringing along Elsie, my sister, who is just thirteen, and prettier than she used to be. But I am one of the 'prominent citizens' here, - you know I always was a good shot, - and after talking it over with other 'prominent...
...Brush, of are-lighting fame, yesterday exhibited in New York a new form of accumulator, or storage battery, which is practically indestructible...