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Word: puffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...gave a Puff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

...Queen's College Journal gives the Acta a puff, and benevolently adds; "If the Acta would like to copy our original poetry or anything, it's heartily welcome." Heaven forbid that the Acta should accept this invitation. We could not survive a second reading of the Journal's poetry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 11/22/1878 | See Source »

...chum," I groaned as I gazed at the gloomy window-panes of my room, "didst thou avail thyself of thy senioric privileges and betake thyself off for a week's respite from college duties?" and I leaned moodily against a tree. Of a sudden a cold puff of wind drew across the Yard, and, tinkle, tinkle, a sharp metallic sound struck my ear. I turned, and saw that I was standing near the college-pump, whose tin cup the breeze was rattling against the post. "Well said, wise counsellor," I murmured, "if man fail, then malt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OVER A SCHOONER. | 11/17/1876 | See Source »

...Each puff recalls a fleeting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To my Pipe. | 3/12/1875 | See Source »

...following neat but gaudy puff of a contemporary is from a Western paper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 4/10/1874 | See Source »

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