Word: hornet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...argue that drink is stimulating, and that what is stimulating is physically beneficial. Very good; but so is a hornet's nest stimulating. Is it physically beneficial...
VERILY, I put my hand out to let a draft of fresh air into an ill-ventilated spot, and, 10, I hit upon a hornet's nest! Within the few short days that have passed since my communication appeared, no less than three letters have been written on the subject, and I understand there are some more in store for me, wretched one! Let it be understood, however, that "J. N. M." is by no means so ferocious as might be supposed from the warmth with which the controversy is conducted. So small is, in fact, his bump of pugnaciousness...