Word: capping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cold in the Yard this morning, that I put on my cap in going to recitations, which is contrary to rule. M., a Junior, saw me and threatened to tell my master, F., who would have flogged me soundly; but I bought M. off by giving him a shilling...
...title to it ceases at the beginning of a new season, there are no champions now. If the championship is a thing which belongs to an individual or a club until they are beaten, that is, if the title of champion is subject to the same rules as the cap or the belt which the Advocate speaks of, then Princeton would be champion were it not for one consideration. The belt, which the Advocate takes by way of illustration (unless there are express agreements and conditions concerning it) is held subject to challenge. In the case of the title...
...Button of my Cap! My parched soul longs for the refreshing waters of communication with thee. In the excitement and bustle of travel thy image is still vivid before my mind's eye. And with longing do I look forward to the blissful day that will bring me tidings from the friend of my youth...
...dressing-gown, and that I had not undertaken to make a guy of myself. So the class proceeded to array me in various garments belonging to the studio. A piece of embroidered mummy cloth was draped artistically over me, like a Roman toga; a sort of parti-colored cap, like those found in snapping crackers, was placed on my head; and my feet were wound up in a Turkey rug. I felt like a fool; but the class looked satisfied and that was the main point. They were a curious collection of ladies, of various ages, from seventeen...
...students intending to exercise must appear in costume, if members of a club they must wear its uniform; the uniform of the Harvard Rifle Corps, a coat and cap, will not be sufficiently extensive...