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Word: coy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...maiden fair and coy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DREAMS. | 10/12/1877 | See Source »

...Like a coy maid, escapes the sails that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAELSTROM. | 2/25/1876 | See Source »

...maidens coy! 't is students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 12/24/1875 | See Source »

...ever of their wondrous fragrance coy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MEET OF THE WINDS. | 12/24/1875 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARRY, COME UP! | 11/21/1873 | See Source »

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