Word: worded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...errand boy will call for books if word be left at the office...
...follwing account of an old custom at Trinity College on class day, known as the "Presentation of the Lemon Squeezer." "This custom, it need hardly be said, is peculiar to Trinity, and, as the 'Lemon Squeezer' of class day is something not met with in every day life, a word of description is pertinent. It is a plain piece of mechanism, devoid of much ornamentation. It is revered and prized, not so much for its intrinsic value as for the memories which cluster around it, and are, upon auspicious occasions, squeezed out of it! The material used in its construction...
...games which they have played this year. They always have played with remarkable steadiness, and have not relaxed even when the game was most certainly in their hands. This accounts for the large scores by which we have beaten almost every nine we have met. But just one word of warning,-look out for coaching and base-running...
...last sentence is sufficiently explained by one word. There were twelve men at the game with Princeton on Saturday last, which was to decide Yale's fate for this year...
...taunt, a word would oft suffice...