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Word: trapeziform (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Yesterday the society's five altruists arrived in the hall with adilades, plane tables, and ten pounds of surveying equipment, and the one hour later announced that the dining hall wasn't trapezoidal, but trapeziform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trapezoid Tradition Gets Heave-Ho | 11/29/1949 | See Source »

...Trapezoidal means like a trapezoid, or two sides parallel," William V. H. Mason '51, spokesman for the group, said. Actually it's trapeziform, or trapezate, like a trapezium, or no sides parallel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trapezoid Tradition Gets Heave-Ho | 11/29/1949 | See Source »

Claiming that this was "the only trapeziform dining hall in America," Mason said the Society would launch a public enlightenment campaign to acquaint people with the new tradition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trapezoid Tradition Gets Heave-Ho | 11/29/1949 | See Source »

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