Word: funds
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Each occupant of the room contributes to the beggar-fund a sum proportionate to the number of oaths which he enjoys under the protection of his room. So that
...agreed that when either of us used language which transgressed the bounds of good taste, - in other words, when either was roused to profane remarks, - we should deposit in a box for the purpose one cent for every such remark, and the money thus obtained should constitute a charity-fund. Whenever a beggar applied, either could draw out of the fund any sum at his discretion...