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Word: chickens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...great hills of chicken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFTER CLASS DAY. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

...members of the Memorial Hall Dining Association consume daily 100 dozen eggs, 120 gallons of soup, 200 pounds of butter, 200 gallons of milk, 150 pounds of fish, 300 pounds of chicken, 400 pounds of mutton, and 1100 pounds of beef...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 5/2/1879 | See Source »

...chicken brood, and the house...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

...have carved; in a similar spirit I carve - but spring chicken instead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PICNIC. | 9/25/1873 | See Source »

...entering a university he is termed a "fox," which is equivalent to our "Freshman." Why he should be thus called is not easy to say, as he is not at this time supposed to be possessed of any of Reynard's characteristics, unless it may be his love for chicken. In the latter part of the last century the word "fishing" was exactly equivalent to "toadying...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE NOMENCLATURE. | 6/20/1873 | See Source »

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