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Word: sweeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their duty to spend a certain part of this for the entertainment of the Faculty, which has been so generous in the giving of large salaries. The crest of this new society is the picture of a goody with broom and duster in her hand getting ready to sweep, which, it will be observed, is true to nature - that being as far as she ever gets. Beneath will be the Latin motto, "Labor omnia vincit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE JANITORS' BALL. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...Sweep the tide across...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NINA. | 3/19/1880 | See Source »

With noiseless sweep, like angel's wing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MIST. | 2/20/1880 | See Source »

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