Word: necked
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...best that they should live. How should we know what the last thing in neck-wear was if that blank-faced young man, X -, did not consider it his duty to keep the run of the proper things to support his chin, and serve as a walking show-case to his less ambitious neighbors...
...Heavy-Weight Wrestling Atkinson secured the first hold around the neck of Winthrop, but was quickly forced to relinquish it. After a number of passes they closed, and after a short struggle Atkinson was turned over and thrown, but not so as to cause a fall. The round was afterward decided in favor of Atkinson. Time, 4 minutes 34 seconds. In the second round a great deal of time was spent in playing-off, until the judge told them to close, when Atkinson quickly gained the event. Time, 7 minutes 54 seconds...
...neck held lovingly by lace...
...morning I harnessed Ceph to a light, airy sulky, and repaired to the Fair Grounds lying just outside the village. There was no one about. We should have full swing. The track was not in the best of order, but I remarked to Bucephalus, as I patronizingly patted his neck, that really we so seldom touched the ground, it made very little difference to us what condition...
...fell, a happy mother, on his neck...