Word: mislaid
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...true scholars--those who have a passion to go exploring in the world of ideas, tracing down the lost, mislaid, and undiscovered facts pertaining to some particular subject...
...closed last week at only a few points above their lows for the year, Mr. Durant was widely rumored as having been pressed for margin and as liquidating much of his holdings. There was a suspicion, indeed, that the Durant shirt, if not lost, had at least been temporarily mislaid. It was also observed that brokers who handle Mr. Durant's stocks have been among the heavy sellers during the past week...
...which he is examining for finger-prints. Officer Dwyer traced the blue prints from the office of Coolidge, Shepley, Abbott, and Bullfinch to a Wellesley contractor who was making estimates for the water-proofing of the proposed building. The contractor admitted losing the plans, which he believed to have mislaid on the train, as they had been rolled up on the seat beside him during the trip. A warrant has been sworn out for John King, alias John Doe, but no trace of the culprit had been found up to late last night...
...HISTORY OF ATLANTIS- Lewis Spence - David McKay ($3.50). Fact and analogy about the mislaid continent...
...having driven a car away and parked it in the vicinity of a downtown theater rushed in late that night and reported it stolen. When found the next day where it had passed the night in lonely solitude the mileage confirmed the suspicion that it had merely been mislaid...