Word: plug
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Then marched the Sophomores, dressed as the "dudes of 1833," with grey cutaways, plug hats, white vests, buff trousers and white gaiters. They were preceded by a band and carried various transparencies...
Between them and the Freshmen came the Commencement Day Police with clubs, plug hats and false beards, and an old-fashioned stage-coach. This was covered with the most tastefully costumed men in the parade and labelled: "1750: Cambridge, Roxbury and Boston; fare 2 shillings; 18th Century Elevator...
...form of ray lamp is that of a cone, and its characteristic difference from the ordinary Crooke's tube is that the sides or walls of the lamp are made of sheet aluminum 1/10 in. thickness; the base of the lamp is made of solid glass, practically a plug fitted into the base of the aluminum cone with paster-of-Paris, and made air tight. A metallic ring passes around the base of the cone and holds the sides of the cone firmly to the glass bottom. Through a point a little to the side of the centre...