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Word: cellar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fresh supply of alcoholic interior decoration, and a misguided sense of the humorous. With this equipment, which is within the reach of everybody, one may practice almost anywhere on the quieter streets off Massachusetts avenue between the hours of one and three A. M. Find a window, preferably a cellar-window, though one leading to an acquaintance's room is a real delicacy; and slipping up to it unobserved, give it an unexpected but earnest kick. If the window yields, you have scored a point, and you may flee, shrieking with laughter to sidewalks new. The present University glass-kicking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANOTHER MINOR SPORT. | 3/1/1912 | See Source »

...last meeting in the bomb-proof cellar of the Lampoon's feudal castle the Interpaper Pastimes Association approved Friday, June 3, as a beautiful day for the annual base-running best of the Arterial Blooders with the bowlegged Barons of Bow Street Bend. The Arterial Artists are expected to drive the Lords of Mirth from the lists, and heralds will bawl the decisions of the judges to the fractious faus roaring around the flowing flagons of fragrant nut-brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Straight Dope for Sport Fans | 5/25/1910 | See Source »

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