Word: whine
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...They turned an empty water-pail upside down over his head, and smoked perique and green seal under it till he was nearly black in the face. They made him crawl under the table and bark like a dog (which he did very naturally, with a puppy-like whine that nearly killed the Sophomores with laughter). When they recovered, and allowed him to come out, he merely gazed at them with his beautiful china-blue eyes full of that look of meek reproach for which his brother was famous. To his intense astonishment, they did n't slink...
...heavy boots. These splinters are liable to be run up under the nails, causing serious wounds. It may be further remarked that this inoffensive "professor" is paid by Mr. Hemenway, and it would seem more fitting to thank the donor of the Gymnasium for his continued generosity, than to whine like a peevish child who is not allowed to break its new plaything. The unfortunate "muckers" who come in for so much blame were introduced at the urgent request of students, and have certainly proved a great convenience. Altogether, now that the red tape of the card regulation has been...