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...else, generally taking its origin from some real or imagined foible. If he inclines to excessive eating, he may be dubbed "knight of the carving-knife," and for short, "knight." Does he manifest a tendency for long calls and annoying affection for your cigarettes, his sobriquet will be "Fig"; if he persists, "the Fig." These epithets convey more meaning than is at first apparent; they are indications of certain traits in one's character, and just as they are agreeable or disagreeable a person can safely conclude that he, too, is so, especially in those things which they are intended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE NOMENCLATURE. | 6/20/1873 | See Source »

...FIG for yer Washington's Birtday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JERRY MAHONEY'S (K. O. S. P.) PATRICK'S DAY. | 3/21/1873 | See Source »

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