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Word: prep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Until "Denny" publishes the name of his Alma Mater, De Pinna stands approved. The above institutions are the leading "prep" schools of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 17, 1927 | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...America. I think it is, too, and that's why I am writing you about this. TIME examines everything. Did you see an advertisement in the New York Times last week from a clothing store, De Pinna's? De Pinna's published a big advertisement calling themselves "Outfitters to 'Prep' School Students. . . ." Then they say "The leading 'prep' schools of the East have established standards of dress," and a lot more guff. Around the advertisement they put the school seals of Andover, Mercersburg, Pomfret, Choate, Groton, Lawrenceville, Exeter, Hill, St. Paul's, Taft and Hotchkiss. Where does De Pinna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: De Pinna Flayed | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

...Anselm's Prep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW SYSTEM ADOPTED FOR SPRING BASEBALL | 3/18/1927 | See Source »

...John's Prep (tentative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW SYSTEM ADOPTED FOR SPRING BASEBALL | 3/18/1927 | See Source »

...three craft this year," he said. "Two new 'lights' took to the water this fall, and the Number 15 model will be ready in the spring. I usually only make two shells a year. A good boat will last about 16 years. Then sometimes we give them to Prep schools before they are that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Veteran Harvard Boat Builder Relates Achievements of Last 30 Years--Fashioned First Cedar Shell in America | 2/2/1927 | See Source »

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