Word: chagrinned
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...easily over the course, unpressed by their antagonists. And so the day's racing draws to a close; and the crowd of spectators return, some by road, others by water, to prepare for the evening entertainments, wherein the rejoicings of the successful are to be celebrated, and the chagrin of the conquered forgotten...
...twas no go. In an agony of exhaustion and chagrin, I gasped: "Why is that bald-head like centre-field in a ball-game?" "Because you hardly expect to see a foul(a) light there, though it's a magnificent place for flies...
...soon as possible I left the house, muttering something about duplex soleratum tornatum and my luck. After walking a few blocks, it began to dawn upon me that it was not the young lady's but a sample card I had picked up at the stationer's. My chagrin was great, but it could not be compared to the dread I have had since then, for passing the house next day I noticed hanging from one of the windows a little red flag, denoting that some one in the house was sick with a contagious disease. I went home...
This was considered inappropriate, inasmuch as the Crimson had never done anything to blush for; accordingly a new presiding officer was elected, and he who was deposed retired under the table in chagrin. The new President proposed the health of the newly elected Sophomore Board, and as none of them were considered able to reply to this toast, Mr. John G. Wh-tt-r was called upon, and read the following...
...Hydra. From that moment my mind was made up. I rushed to my room, seized a match, and with true Herculean courage burned off my parasite completely. But alas! I soon found out that the real essence of a mustache and a hydra differs; for the former, to my chagrin, kept on growing as usual, and its color seemed to have gained in brilliancy from the fire-baptism...