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Word: shackers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...matter of curiosity to see how immediate has been the effect of the measures adopted by the Tennis Association to abolish the "shacker" nuisance. It is true that there has been no attempt to make and enforce any rule. The simple request that a certain regulated scale of fees be adopted, and that no boys be employed except when found at certain specified stations, seems to have had the desired result. Not only have the numbers of idle small boys who used to infest every part of the college grounds greatly diminished, but those that have remained seem to have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/7/1883 | See Source »

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