Word: coy
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...maiden fair and coy...
...Like a coy maid, escapes the sails that...
...maidens coy! 't is students...
...ever of their wondrous fragrance coy...
...from one hundred and two, to seven, desire to tell our fortunes. Freshman selects prettiest; her opposite fastens on to us. While our particular hag prates about "the dark young woman who is coming across the water," Freshman attempts to teach the pretty Zuleka to smoke a cigarette. Zuleka coy, but asks Freshman for a chew. All waltz. Knapsacks not so heavy as they were. Take greased-lightning express at next village. Find ourselves going the wrong way. Don't care. Arrive home 11.30. Mangled by pet bull-dog. Four hundred and fifty miles in three days...