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Word: caps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...suit, and is without sleeves. It has an H. on the breast similar to boating-shirts, and a band of crimson round the neck. The overshirt is double-breasted, with an embroidered H. The trousers of former years have been changed to loose knee-breeches, and crimson stockings. The cap is a little stouter and higher than before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/10/1876 | See Source »

...SCENE, Chapel Street Bridge. - Street Urchin (to Capt. Cook). Say, Cap'n, is Kinnidy going to row? C. C. Yes. Street urchin. Is Kinnidy a catholic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 2/25/1876 | See Source »

...class to appear in evening dress at nine o'clock in the morning on Class Day or any other day, as it would be for them to appear at a ball in reefers. The dress of the undergraduate upon occasions is a black gown and a college-cap, profanely called a "mortar-board." This costume was formerly worn here, and as we retain foolish customs because they are old, I should like to hear some logician explain the chain of reasoning which leads us to reject a custom both old and sensible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS-DAY COSTUMES. | 2/25/1876 | See Source »

...should have little force, for it need cost no man more than eight dollars to dress himself properly on his Class Day. I earnestly hope that the matter will be seriously considered, and that on the 23d of June the Senior class will appear in the conventional cap and gown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS-DAY COSTUMES. | 2/25/1876 | See Source »

WILL the gentleman who received the sealskin cap from the window of 25 Hollis during the fire please return to 40 Gray...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/28/1876 | See Source »

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