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Word: satin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Amherst man over there. We stare at him. He becomes confused, but our further triumph is cut short by the questions of the fair ones. "Do you have rooms like this at Harvard?" "Oh, yes," we reply, as we gaze aghast at the oil paintings, damask curtains, satin upholstery, and statuary that surround us. Here a suppressed sneer is heard and we at once move out into the corridor. We go to the library, a wilderness of black walnut shelves, glass doors, carved tables, Ouida's novels, and long haired grinds. We snub the library, but maintain silence when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley College II. | 1/28/1885 | See Source »

Students will find the straight seam straw hats at the Harvard Furnishing Store-sole agent. Also has received a large and fine line of stylish silk scarfs, with satin lining that they are selling for 25 cents. 436 Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPECIAL NOTICES. | 6/6/1884 | See Source »

...silk and eke in satin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOW GOVERNOR BUTLER WENT TO CAMBRIDGE. | 12/8/1882 | See Source »

...Savoy Theatre, in London, is said to have the prettiest drop-curtain of any theatre in the world. It is of white satin, elaborately quilted by hand, and cost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL. | 5/5/1882 | See Source »

...Lasell Leaves speaks in rapturous terms of a "Spring, spring, beau - " But why she should prefer a spring beau to any other kind of a beau is not stated. But we have no doubt that a pearl-satin bow would prove just as satisfactory; or a bouquet; or even a Bo Peep spring bonnet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 4/15/1882 | See Source »

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