Word: pooh
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Pooh! That's nothing, father, a mere form; relic of an old custom. You see, about a hundred years ago, the twenty best men of the class used to contend in an examination for the first place. The nineteen who did n't win were told that they might go away into the country, that is, sever their connection with the College, for a while, study up and try their fate again. The custom has died out, but the notices remain, and now they are sent round to show that you are in the first twenty of your class...
SMALL BOY (who has had a big brother in that institution). Going to Harvard! Pooh! I can kick foot-ball...