Word: roasting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...roast he'd press her figger...
LIGHT of my eyes and constant solace of my soul, many a time has the humblest of your slaves meant to draw aside the curtain of his being to you; but, although he has been silent while among these dogs of Giaours (whom may the Prophet roast in Gehenna !) he has not ceased to think of his Beeghaz, for how truly has our divine poet Hafiz* said...
...Roast beef, roast turkey, roast pork, - all out but pork...
Last Wednesday I entered the dining-hall with a firm step and a heavy appetite. I had been invigorated by a long pull at the oar and a short one at the bar. Smiling with satisfaction, I passed by tables laden with oranges and roast turkey. I determined to order turkey. I like...
...province of the newspaper to furnish this or not I do not care for the present, it is enough that the Nation does not furnish it, and therefore it is bad for us." In which I take the liberty of substituting for the words "newspaper" and "Nation" the words "roast beef," thus: Whether it is the province of roast beef to furnish this (enthusiasm of the idea) I care not, it is enough that roast beef does not furnish it, and therefore...