Word: offs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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"ROBERT W. SAWYER, a member of the Senior Class of Harvard College, fell off a car on the Eastern and North American Railway to-day, and his left hand and foot were crushed so badly that amputation was "necessary." - Journal, September 24.
All aboard! - Let go his head, bub! - Romeo, off and away!
I might extend this piece indefinitely by showing synonymous expressions for words now in use here, such as "nuts," equivalent to "scrub," "mossy heads" to "senior," "cad" to "snob," "busky" to "sprung," "suck" to "crib"; but enough has been given. Even the tutors and professors are not exempted from nicknames...
LAST Monday a thief went through the clothes, left in the boat-house, of those bathing and rowing, and carried off three fine watches, the united value of which is over $600. As heretofore, in similar cases, no effort to detect the thief has succeeded, we hardly dare hope for...
THE Index Niagarensis mentions some of the "Necessary Qualifications for a City R. R. Conductor," among which we find: "'Far-sightedness,' or the faculty of not seeing persons who wish to ride until the car has left them three blocks behind. 'Love of ventilation,' or the knack of keeping the...