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Word: trunkful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...personnel of the Harvard crew are given : "Curtis, slender, intellectual of countenance, as becomes a true Bostonian, who proved last year that a man may lack avoirdupois, wear eye-glasses, and yet row a splendid race, sets the crew a beautiful stroke. Behind him the ponderous Chalfant, with a trunk like Schwartz's and with massive legs and thighs, in boating parlance, "puts plenty of beef into his oar" at every stroke. Then come Hudgens, tall and squarely built; Clark and Hammond, men of height and brawn; Sawyer at No. 2, where he rowed last year, while Cabot, last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, YALE, COLUMBIA. | 6/23/1882 | See Source »

...trunk-line agreement has been ratified in New York, and deposits have been made with Commissioner Fink as a guarantee for the carrying...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 3/24/1882 | See Source »

...disagreement between the trunk railroad lines still continues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 2/13/1882 | See Source »

...trunk-line conference of railroad officials was held yesterday in New York, and a plan of settlement of the railroad war discussed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 1/20/1882 | See Source »

...railroad war between the trunk lines still continues, without any prospect of immediate settlement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 1/9/1882 | See Source »

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