Word: codfish
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Every college has a distinct individuality which impresses itself upon its college literature. Thus Princeton is noted for its blue-blooded Presbyterianism and 'codfish' aristocracy; Harvard for its Cockneyisms; Yale for its sports and fast people; Columbia for its apish English manners; Dartmouth for its country 'greenhorns'; Amherst for its shrewd Yankees; Trinity for its ancient church foundations; Union for its old Knickerbocker aristocracy; Hamilton for Western 'shoddy'; and Cornell for its progressiveness...