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Word: worst (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...street they call Cambridge, - worst under...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMENT OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA. | 3/5/1880 | See Source »

...down their names, is suggestive. Men are ready enough to grumble, but when the time comes for paying, they hold back. We are confident, however, that we could have secured at least $250;-this would have provided twelve hundred and fifty feet of walks, enough to cover the worst places. We understand that the Corporation have under consideration a plan for putting down walks to a very limited extent. This is very well, so far as it goes, but they are needed to a very great extent, and the agitation will not stop until we get them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/6/1880 | See Source »

...which the worst was granite, unadorned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLLEGE COMEDY. | 2/6/1880 | See Source »

Soph. loq. - Well - hic - this is the blankest meanest language I - hic - ever saw. And - of - all - the blankity blank blank dictionaries this is the worst! hic - but guess the grammar's worse! Have n't been able to find a single word...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/23/1880 | See Source »

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