Word: pur
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been at any time during the last few years. Heretofore scarcely a football season has passed without some disagreeable controversy. The climax came this year. If we may trust our past experience, then, the action which we took in withdrawing cannot be so bad in its consequences as pur continuation in the league another year would almost necessarily have been. If worst comes to worst under the present circumstances, our condition will still remain better than before our withdrawal. It is foolish to harbor the fear that we may not have antagonists in the future, even if we remain outside...
...girls say papa and mamma : The New York girl says "Ma - r!" with a jerk on the "r." The Philadelphia girl says "May-ar" through her nose. The St. Louis girl says "Ma'mar;" the Boston girl says "Mur-mur;" the Baltimore beauty "Mur-mur" and "Pur-pur;" the little Canadian says "Pa-ah" and "Ma-ah;" the Alabama girl says "Porr" and "Morr;" the Brooklyn girl says "Par-pah" and "Mah-ah;" the little London girls say, "Now, po-pow-ah, you make me lowof...