Word: swing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Then W - reminds us daily with his arms, made to look like the arcs of a never-to-be-completed circle, that there still exists such a thing as the "Harvard swing" and that it is our duty to perpetuate this peripatetic peculiarity...
Accordingly, one morning I harnessed Ceph to a light, airy sulky, and repaired to the Fair Grounds lying just outside the village. There was no one about. We should have full swing. The track was not in the best of order, but I remarked to Bucephalus, as I patronizingly patted his neck, that really we so seldom touched the ground, it made very little difference to us what condition...
...depicted in my countenance. I fell at the feet of the brutal wild man, and implored him to restore me to my Linda. "Linda," said he, - his face wore a far-away, dreamy expression; his heart beat violently against his waistcoat pocket, and caused his watch-chain to swing to and fro, - "Linda," said he; then suddenly recollecting himself...
Harvard - The Hub's pet institution. Full instruction in rowing and athletics. The "Harvard swing" given special attention. How to cut stylish pantaloons taught in one year. - Columbiad...
Shee's learned the slange and shee's learned "the swing...