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Word: rancorous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...purposes in organizing such a committee, would probably be to decide all questions arising between the athletic organizations of the different colleges; as these questions could not always be settled to the satisfaction of all parties, just as much ill-feeling and rancor would result as under existing methods of settlement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Petition against the Athletic Resolutions. | 3/1/1884 | See Source »

...ground vacant where new courts might be placed, there was no occasion for much dispute; but now almost every available spot seems to have been taken, and the question becomes one of no little importance, and one which, if not soon settled, is liable to lead to much rancor and ill-feeling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TENNIS COURTS. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

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