Word: twisting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ELLSWORTH.FOUND.- On the stairs of old Little's, a gold twist scarf pin with square stone in centre. Owner can obtain it at 11 Little's by proving property...
PARK THEATRE. - Matinee - "Fedora." Evening - "London Assurance" and "Oliver Twist...
...following men, of whom Flagg, Abercrombie and Hunnewell were looked upon with as much veneration as Allen and Sam Winslow to-day: Flagg, Wright, Parker, Abercromble, Barker, Hunnewall, Davis, Gray, Nelson, Sprague, Miller, (this Nelson, by the way, was the man who used to visit freshmen's rooms and twist the knobs off the doors in his hand. He was the strongest man in college at the time...
...heavy, middle, and light weight couples contest seperately for the canes. Last Tuesday the annual cane spree occurred at Princeton. The first spree, the light weight, was won by a freshman, who, as the Princetonian says, "after four rounds had been vigorously fought, secured the cane by a twist, and was carried off on the shoulders of his enjoyed classmates." The middle weight spree was won by a sophomore. In the heavy weight spree, we see evidence of the spirit in which Princeton is conducting foot-ball mattes this year. The candidates selected were foot-ball...
Third bout. More science was shown in this than in the proceeding bouts. Coolidge obtained the most holds, but Hughes seemed able at almost any time to twist himself loose, or come down without touching any of his back to the floor. Another lock hold was given them by the referee, and this time Coolidge broke Hughes hold and was awarded the bout and the heat. In the end the cup was awarded to Mr. Coolidge, as Mr. Simes, '85, who had drawn a bye, was a little over weight, and so was unable to contest. This was a disappointment...