Word: tempts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Chum, slowly coming to, gathers his fractured members from debris of boot jack, murmurs incoherently, "Kiss me, mother, ere I die." "Get up, you drivelling idiot," I muttered, "and for the love of heaven collect me a bottle of seltzer." Chum exits, muttering something about "O tempt us! O more ease," whatever that may mean. Never suspected it before, but think chum has been drinking...