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Word: fractionating (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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...point is settled that the color is to be Magenta, let us have none other. Let our crew make the slight change which would be necessary in their handkerchiefs, from dark crimson to true magenta; and if our Freshmen represent Harvard, let the cherry be discarded. The fraction of the community even in our very midst which recognizes a magenta, pure and simple, is not amazingly large. It is very agreeable to receive pretty remarks from lady friends about the magenta; it is far from exhilarating to overhear afterwards their candid opinion of what they take to be magenta...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR COLORS. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

...questioned youth a fraction of a minute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FACT. | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

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