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Word: limerick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Langford Reed is one of the modern wonders of the world. After plowing through sixteen thousand limericks in preparing his forthcoming book, "The Complete Limerick," he still clings nobly to his original conviction that there are enough decent limericks to fill a book--George Eernard Shaw, Arnold Bennett, and others to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr. Reed is courageous; but, although his volume is not yet on sale; it is a good wager that the average of his selections will fall considerably below the poetic level of those delectable lines on "The Young Plumber of Leigh", which Mr. Bennett, if correctly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIMERICKS--AND LIMERICKS | 1/9/1925 | See Source »

...over 50 answers submitted in the Freshman Limerick Competition, the last two lines above have been judged the best. The first prize of two tickets to the undergraduate performance on Friday night was mailed last, night to their author, Shiras Morris Jr. '27 of Hartford, Conn. The second prize of one ticket was awarded to James Richard Bunker '27 of South Bend, Ind., for the following last lines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lucky Winners of Pudding Limerick Competition Picked From 50 Entrants; Arrival of Sets Means Real Work From Now On | 4/8/1924 | See Source »

...lines that best complete this limerick will win a first prize of two free tickets to the show on April 10. The second prize will be one ticket. All answers must be submitted before midnight, April 4, to the Contest Committee, Hasty Pudding club, Holyoke St. Anyone may submit as many legible answers as he wishes and the result will be published in the CRIMSON of April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pudding Limerick Contest Ends Friday | 4/2/1924 | See Source »

...lines that best complete this limerick will win the Hasty Pudding Freshman Contest, according to an announcement made last night. The contest is open only to the class of 1927 and the first prize consists of two free tickets for the undergraduate performance on April 10. For the second best lines submitted, one ticket will be given free for the same performance. All answers must be submitted before midnight, April 4, to the Contest Committee, Hasty Pudding Club, Holyoke St. Anyone may offer as many answers as he wishes but they must be legible. The winning limerick will be published...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pudding Limerick Contest Open to Freshmen; Cast Rehearsals Start in Earnest With Silvers' Return; Lee to Train Chorus | 3/26/1924 | See Source »

Unappreciant of news value, the three Princetonians did not realize that a limerick from the lips of an ex-President is as rare as a cowslip from Mars. They allowed their fellow-students and the world at large to live on, unillumined by those historically unequaled verses. They were guilty of poor journalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Better Senate | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

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