Word: pint
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Farnham announced in his last lecture that a man who drinks two gallons of beer every day and a pint of whiskey needs no other nutriment...
...caused the blood to ooze from the lining of the stomach. The liver is affected as are also the intestines. One ounce of alcohol is equal to two ounces of brandy; to five ounces of strong wine, as sherry; to ten ounces of weak wine, as claret; to one pint of beer. If these quantities are increased one half, 1 1-2 ounces of absolute alcohol will be taken, and the limit of moderation for strong men is reached. The effect on a strong man of taking in 24 hours between one or two ounces of alcohol, is at once...
...MORRISON, Sec'y.H. A. A. Winners of prizes at the fall meeting may have their choice between silver and bronze medals of the old style, and pint and half pint pewter mugs engraved at the expense of the association. Medals will be ordered, however, for all who do not notify Mr. J. S. Russell, 37 Thayer, of their preference for mugs, on or before Saturday...
...Punch and "flip" were forbidden, and any student out after 9 P. M. was "adjudged guilty of whatsoever disorder might occur in the town that night." At Harvard Mrs. Foster was made stocking-mender at a salary of pound 12. Students were allowed a pound of meat and a pint of beer at dinner, and a half-pint of beer at night. For supper they could choose between a half-pint of milk and a biscuit. They were given clean table-cloths twice a week, and finally could indulge in the luxury of plates. Pudding was a delicacy three times...
Then he bought a pint of pea-nuts...