Word: coop
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...After foure pales of warme milk drawn from ye udders of certaine kine possessed by ye widowe Hariss had bene drunke ye playe was againe spoken by Master P. Atte ye said worde a lusty Yayle man with a wrapped foote advanced to ye south pole by ye hene coop of neighbore Bowene, and placed ye sphaer benethe hys belley on ye grounde. Ye maids and matrons clapped ye palms and ye youthes of Harvarde spoke despitefully to Master P. Ye men of Yayle caste ye balle between ye upright poles and laughed boysterously. Againe atte ye spoken worde...
...address, delivered some few days ago at the lying of the corner stone of a student society hall, he took occasion to make some statements, which, on that account, deserve attention. "The problem of housing students." he says especially in American universities, has long been a serious one. To coop them up in large dormitories or barracks, with possibly a tutor or young professor to act as policeman over them, has always been a fruitful cause of disorder. So fully is this recognized that, where it is possible, dormitories have been frequently done away with, and in every such case...
...Will coop in time...
...Enter THEODORE playing a jews-harp, who sees JULIA seated at the window of a hen-coop, eating hoe-cake, and playing on the ozone...