Word: wager
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...described the scenes attending the removal of a fragment of the original rock on the shore to its present position and told the story of the feat of General Winslow and his horse Beausejour in swimming the channel at the entrance to the harbor. General Winslow had made a wager with three of his companions that he would give them an hour's start on their horses, and that, notwithstanding, he would reach the Gurnett, a point on the sand-spit at the entrance to the harbor, before they could do so. The three men were compelled to ride around...
...Yale senior has recently won a wager by eating fourteen quail on fourteen successive days...
...rumored that on the morning of Washington's Birthday two Farmington girls walked through the crowd of students gathered about the fence on a wager. - Yale News. We never saw any students gathered about a fence on a wager. From the text we are unable to judge whether the girls, or the students, or the fence were "on a wager." - Exonian...
...great amateur pedestrian, Tyler, '86, accomplished his great feat of walking to Worcester in 14 hours, thus winning his wager by six hours...
...Amherst College senate threaten to withdraw their base-ball nine from the league if betting on the game becomes as prevalent as it was last spring. The senate are supported by a strong element in the college who believe that "backing up" the nine by wager is the most effective means of demoralizing the players...