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Word: toothed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Scene : Primer geology class, 3333 A. D. Object lesson. Professor - "What is this which I hold in my' hand?" Class - "We are not prepared." Professor - "It is the tooth of a cat given to the college in the nineteenth century. How long tails had the cats in that age?" Class - "Seven and one-half feet." Professor - "Yes, this tooth proves that some were over twenty feet in length. What else may we learn from this?" Class - "That's as far as the lesson went." Professor - "Well, it also shows that cats could once drink milk. Now, man sometimes drinks milk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 3/2/1882 | See Source »

...Contemptibles," pensively suggested the Ibex, as he sadly slipped a small package of tooth-powder in his rubber boot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMPREY AND THE IBEX. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

...said that the author of "How I Was Poisoned" will shortly publish articles entitled, "My First Tin Whistle," "My Second Tooth," and "How I Caught the Mumps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 10/28/1881 | See Source »

...fang'd tooth stings. ... Love turns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A YEAR AGO. | 3/5/1880 | See Source »

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