Search Details

Word: sham (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...many men, and was so palpably vulgar. If "Rac" wished to show how far he was removed from those at whom he aims his sarcasm, he has succeeded, for few readers of his article would accuse him of being a member of any literary set, even of a sham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...Snod! Snod! a handsome Wilton carpet would be better than fifty cheap rugs; more beauty and wear, and less sham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COLLEGE CHAMBER OF HORRORS. | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

...often pretend to like college life, and to believe in it when they really think it a sham. I for one have grown thoroughly tired of this "college life," and I think four years at Harvard quite if not more than enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT THE SENIOR SAID. | 1/25/1878 | See Source »

...tale as full of sham pretence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FABLE. | 3/21/1873 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next