Word: chaff
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...time when magenta as the name of a color was little known beyond dry-goods' shops and the ladies. That these so-called red handkerchiefs were in truth of magenta, I have a pleasant reason for knowing, from having been made the object of some light feminine chaff about Harvard's taste in selecting so homely a color. In those days - as now indeed - we sometimes wore a straw hat with magenta ribbon, and some old faded magenta cravats made by the chaffers might possibly be found in forgotten boxes. It is highly probable that the oarsmen of about...
...great encouragement to pursue outside work if the student could make use of it at his examinations without the tedious process of memorizing it? Would not his familiarity with the tools of learning, books, be advanced, and that rare ability of gathering the wheat from the chaff be greatly increased? With the present requirements this is impossible; preparation is required on the notes given only in lectures and textbooks. And this preparation is at the expense of laborious grinding. One of the famous German Etymologists will lecture hours on the subject under consideration, but if questioned on extraneous matter...