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Word: clawful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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...wherever you are, O Freshman I forget not the matted hair, the bloodshot eye, the rapacious claw of Slippery Mike. Remember that he is an outlawed man, made desperate by hunger, hardened by the recollection of many crimes, and when in the cold, dark hall, with trembling hand you seek the errant key-hole, fancy that you hear behind you the stealthy tread, that you feel upon your tender neck the cold and clammy touch, of Slippery Mike. Fancy all this, I say, and come in before the lights are out. As a conscientious member of an upper class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COLLEGE CHARACTER. | 1/28/1873 | See Source »

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