Word: rowdyish
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...must be protected; they must be put back in the nursery where big boys cannot bruise their sickly frames. How refreshing it would be to see a foot ball game conducted on the principle of the modern nurses! The players should be neatly attired (because the present costume is "rowdyish"). No ball more deadly than a pig's bladder should be allowed. Player number one bows politely to the others and says, "Please pass me the ball." When he gets it in his gloved hands, all other players retire to a safe distance, and after asking permission of the referee...
...propounds the following conundrum: "What is the matter with the college boys? They act as though they were inspired. Princeton students have been on trial for misdemeanors; Cornell sophomores have been arrested for abducting freshmen, and Williams College students have made the services of the police necessary by very rowdyish demonstrations at North Adams. We hope the evil of "crankism" will not extend to our higher institutions of learning. It is better to be aesthetic...