Word: wetnessing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wet white feet stumble forevermore...
...last strains of "The Sirens" had died away along the corridors. All my fair enchanters - the sirens of the German - had died away along the corridors too. My celluloid collar was limp as a wet rag. The elevator, as usual, was "not running." The gas machine had given out, and the pale beams of the odoriferous kerosene lighted my lagging steps as I climbed the five flights. Claret lemonade was forthwith ordered; the boy left me alone with my straws, and I reflected over my first German. I had been playing tennis all the morning, and reading back volumes...
ENTRIES AND STAIRS. - The entries and stairs must be swept daily, after being sprinkled with wet sawdust, and must be thoroughly washed often enough to keep them clean...
Outside the garden the wet skies harden...
...dawn's wet wreath of pearl...