Word: clump
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...making institution, having a large surplus in its treasury every year. Therefore there was no excuse for reserving every seat on Holmes field with the exception of the battered old stand off in right field. Secondly, in the Princeton game, all the seats from the hospital building to the clump of willows were unreserved, and it was naturally expected that the same arrangement would be made on Saturday, especially as no notice of the change had been given beforehand. The students were disappointed, however, and many were obliged to sit on the grass during the entire game. Why we should...
...their time on matter which pertains entirely to the courses they have in hand, are dubbed at all colleges either "grinds," "digs," or "grubs," and to be called such is not unusually considered a mark of flattery. The expressions for a bad recitation very at different colleges; "fizzle," "flunk," "clump," and "smash" are the most common. The contemptible act of a student who endeavors to ingratiate himself with an instructor by his seeming interest in lessons and officious civilities, now known as "toadying," was formerly called "fishing." The words "cram" and "cut" have almost ceased to be slang...