Word: guess
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...basket, seated myself on the grass at her feet. After a rather painful silence of a few moments, during which she scanned my face with a somewhat naive curiosity, I rushed into the breach in the conversation with, "Are you at Wellesley College?" "Yes, I am," said she. "Guess you're a Harvard boy." I confessed to this accusation; but as I never carry an obtrusive crimson handkerchief, and do not dislocate my elbows in walking, I don't see how she knew. "Been a-fishin'?" was her next remark. I said I had, and, to make conversation, produced...
...placed on my head; and my feet were wound up in a Turkey rug. I felt like a fool; but the class looked satisfied and that was the main point. They were a curious collection of ladies, of various ages, from seventeen up to - well, I won't guess the age of the oldest. All but one wore glasses, and the effect of the combined glare of twelve pairs of glasses can better be imagined than described! One or two belonged to the Saturday morning club, and one to the Saturday evening, - the latter being, in my opinion, preferable...
...made voluptuous music, too, I guess...
Soph. loq. - Well - hic - this is the blankest meanest language I - hic - ever saw. And - of - all - the blankity blank blank dictionaries this is the worst! hic - but guess the grammar's worse! Have n't been able to find a single word...