Word: modicum
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Dates: during 1877-1877
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...gentleman who "was recently the recipient of a dinner tendered to him" by some society or other. The two words which we have italicized prove sufficiently that the author of the item deserves, at least, to graduate with high honors in newspaper English. There is necessarily a modicum of bad matter in college journals, but bad manner is inexcusable...