Word: handfuls
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...having the aforesaid sum handy, I offered to take dummy's hand and play for it," said my chum. I whistled incredulously...
...case may seem larger than is required; but allowance has been made for future additions, which we trust may never be wanting. Besides, it is intended to make the collection a complete one of the balls we have won by the University Nine since its organization in 1865. Second-hand balls will be purchased to take the places of those lost or not kept, fifty in all. These will be painted, and lettered with the name of the defeated club, score and date. The balls will cost $25, the painting, etc, of the balls now on hand and the number...
...McGill University Gazette is quite readable, and if there were just a little less about foot-ball, and fewer second-rate and second-hand jokes, we should praise the Editors for their judiciousness and care in selection...
...walked to the door, cane in hand; when we were quite near, the lock clicked furtively...
...pulled out his pocket-book. "Here's my card. No, it is n't, either. But - I don't want to wake my brother, you see, - I have my name on my watch, and - yes," triumphantly, "I have my Bursar's certificate." And he put it into my hand...