Word: poppings
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Dates: during 1881-1881
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...those things on the Herald, hearing it was to be changed into a retreat for escaped convicts, or those whose offence deserved a more severe sentence than six months in Parker's, interviewed Warmsoup, the janitor at large, who said he had seen it stated in the Tin Pop Gun that Boylston was to be removed to St. Petersburg, and to be fitted up and used as the Czar's palace, as it was considered the only bomb-proof building in the world...
...Pop Gun also stated that it was to be removed in pieces, and that great care had been exerted in selecting men who would clip the blocks so that the chips would fit in with each other. Two men had finally been engaged who had just served a sentence of ten years for clipping coins. These men had been a long time out of practice, and as great care had to be exercised in clipping, they were ordered to clip only one minute at a time and then rest for two, so as to nerve themselves for the next minute...
...pop of ginger and of bottled beer...