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Word: bulldogs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mistake the office for a bear garden, nor Wadsworth for an ice-house. Let him not despise the in offensive cigarette and sicken upon the masculine bulldog. Let him not drink too much lemonade, nor think a remorse should be worn conspicuously. Let him not drag about a stick he can't carry for two consecutive minutes. Let him not play the drum at midnight, nor boast of wild feats he never attempted, nor attempt wild feats he can never perform. Little boys should be seen and not heard, and not seen too much either...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 10/4/1887 | See Source »

...they might become disliked. A portion of the boat-house has been divided off from the rest by a partition and a very small door with a very large lock has been an eye-sore to inquisitive visitors at the boat-house. During the last week an unpleasant looking bulldog with his ponderous jaws ajar, each available space of which bristled with a tooth, has made his lair in the boat-house, and has been a gentle reminder to approach only within hailing distance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, YALE, COLUMBIA. | 6/23/1882 | See Source »

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