Word: morocco
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Irving, half-morocco, for sale. $8.00. Address, R. H. W., CRIMSON office...
...Laughten,68 Thayer.LOST. - On Massachusetts avenue, between Remington and Trowbridge streets, a black leather Morocco cardcase, containing bank bills, tickets, certificates, etc. A liberal reward if delivered...
...following are the prices: Complete, bound in cloth, $3.50; in full leather morocco, gilt top, flexible cover, $5. Another edition (edition de Luxe) is printed on imperial Japanese vellum paper, with heavy vellum or parchment cover, and costs...
...population of Saxon England before the Norman conquest got rid of their smoke by the less ingenious outlet of door and window. In cordwainer (still the legal designation of shoemaker) we are pointed to the fact that the people of Cordova made the best leather-a fame to which Morocco succeeded-hence Cordovannier, cordonnier, cordwainer. Cant perpetuates a sneer against the monks who did no work but singing-cantabant, Hocus-pocus again satirizes their ignorance, and also contains a sly Protestant laugh at the Catholic mystery of transubstantiation-hoc est corpus. That wigs were originally a French fashion is plain...
...Manter Hall.MCNAMEE the Bookbinder has a beautiful set of Guizot on exhibition in the window of Amee's bookstore. They are bound in polished green morocco with gilt tops and full tooled backs...