Word: wait
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wait and hear the rhyme...
Miss Flyrte. - Why, of course. I know you won't be cross. And mayn't I wait till one o'clock, so we can have a real, nice, long talk? Say yes, like a dear...
...obliged to leave the hall on account of not being able to obtain permanent seats. At the beginning of the term there were as many as seventy men who were unable to obtain seats, and at the present time there are between twenty and thirty who are obliged to wait for seats to be vacated by others before being able to take their meals. It is, of course, obvious that it is very desirable for the association to raise its membership to as large a number as possible; for each additional member who comes to the hall now increases...
...says, "Wait till you 're older...
From here you will go, with your deeds upon your head, if you find it convenient to carry them in a low-crowned hat (don't waste your beaver on the unappreciative ???, wait until you are surrounded by Sophomores), to the gentleman who behaved unkindly to the Merchant of Venice (S-y-k the B-r-ir; he is a Wandering Jew, and now lives in Wadsworth). If he attempts to throw any difficulties in your way, mere technicalities, two courses are open to you. Either step back, bare your manly breast, and say, in your very best manner...