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Word: chop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...personal selection from the best European vintages." Ober's receives a handsome notice, and Mr. King informs us that this famous restaurant is patronized by the Aimee Open Company and by the elite of Boston. Whitney's is of course enlarged upon, and the inevitable "Harvard Room" and "mutton-chop weighing a full pound before it is cooked" are dragged in. We drew a sigh of relief, however, to see that Professor Huxley's remarks on the subject of protoplasm were omitted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOK REVIEW. | 1/10/1879 | See Source »

...take care of themselves. Whether they were looked out for or not, they are certainly now in a disgraceful condition. On Monday the slush could have been easily removed, and the fact that it was left to freeze takes away from the force of the argument that to chop so much ice would be a task of great difficulty. Our tiles, secured after so much exertion, might have been left in the beds where Nature put them, if they have been brought here merely to be imbedded again by the action of the elements. Municipal laws allow a person twenty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/12/1877 | See Source »

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