Word: calico
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...college. [New York Sun.] According to the Sun it would be better for young men to devote themselves from early childhood to learning the art of making money. The Sun thinks that a special education is necessary for a man who intends to devote his life to selling calicoes and pins. We venture to say that a Harvard graduate can sell calico and pins as well as any man who has not attended college...
...slang : "Cork," - flunk; "Tip a curl" - make a dead rush; "Take a calico ticket," - devote too much attention to snab; "On Dike," - quite the dear George...
...piece of calico that...