Word: borsair
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...shrank back in terror, saying, "Who is this miserable man?" And the Freshman replied, "He is officially known as the Borsair, a term whose derivation the Philological Society have not yet determined. Some twenty years ago he headed an insurrection of Janitors, or Janissaries, - there is an historical doubt. They were temporarily successful; but they enacted such an oppressive system of legislation that a counter-revolution was started, and on its success the Janissaries were banished and the Borsair imprisoned for life...
YESTERDAY afternoon a large crowd assembled on Jarvis Field to see the remarkable game of ball between the "Harvard Picked Nine" and the "Hod-lifters of Sever Hall." The features of the game were, the Borsair's sharp work as pitcher, the able support the Frauditor gave him behind the bat, and the fine fielding of Blister. We only have space to give a detailed account of the first inning. At precisely three o'clock the Borsair, gracefully poising himself on one toe, let fly the sphere. Moriarty, for the Hod-lifters, amid cries of the crowd...
...having soared the air in vain once, knocked a daisy-cutter to C. F., and reached first in safety; Bones rung in a two-baser; Cunners stole his base on three strikes; and Oranges, with a three-baser, brought all his "friends" home. Here the Harvards' success ended; the Borsair failed to make anything, (mirabile dictu!), and the score stood 3-0 in favor of the Harvards...
SECOND SUB-FRESH (pointing to the Borsair's office.) There in that little brown building, I suppose...
...doors and lower windows comes a crush of men half dressed, each grasping his most precious possession, - one, a photograph-album; another, a bundle of letters; a third, a prize cup; one Freshman convulsively clutches his Borsair's certificate...