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Word: fi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman eleven defeated the Cambridge High school team on Divinity yesterday afternoon by a score of twelve to six. The Cambridge eleven was short two men whose places were fi led by the freshman eleven's substitutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/6/1889 | See Source »

...once to do away with the present abominable "shack" system. It is as much as one's life is worth to try to escape from the army of small fiends who besiege the expectant tennis-player with cries of "Shack, mister," or "Say, mister, I'll shack yer fur fi' cents." Indeed, it it almost impossible to play on crowded Jarvis without "shacks" to watch the balls. It is admitted by one and all that this system is a very obnoxious one. It would be quite possible to erect at the back of some courts stop-nets, which would remove...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/15/1886 | See Source »

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