Word: mister
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would heartily second. Some means should be taken at once to do away with the present abominable "shack" system. It is as much as one's life is worth to try to escape from the army of small fiends who besiege the expectant tennis-player with cries of "Shack, mister," or "Say, mister, I'll shack yer fur fi' cents." Indeed, it it almost impossible to play on crowded Jarvis without "shacks" to watch the balls. It is admitted by one and all that this system is a very obnoxious one. It would be quite possible to erect...
...race when it becomes warmer. This theory in a most beautiful manner accounts for his semi-miraculous appearances and disappearances, but it leaves quite unanswered several physical and aesthetic problems, which are very obvious to the observer. For instance, how could any true bird of song trill out: "Say, Mister, Gimme...
...Mister George, where's the rest of yer coat...
...here comes that bright young Mister Pore...