Word: repast
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Students, after a sumptuous repast, to host: "Our compliments to your kitchen and cellar. We have agreed to have a running match, and the one who comes out last will pay the bill. Will you kindly give us a signal to start?" The beaming host slowly counts one, two, three; the students disappear round the corner and are seen no more. - [Fliegende Blatter...
...close of the sumptuous repast the presiding officer rose with the assistance of his neighbors, and said, "Gentlemen, I give you as our first toast this evening, The Crimson. Long may she blush...