Word: jerks
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...this new register the ride becomes almost unbearable. And then it is decidedly embarrassing for a man to jump hastily from his seat to stop the car for a pretty young lady who may be sitting opposite to him and give the cord attaching to the register a tremendous jerk, thus calling down upon himself the wrath of the conductor, the ridicule of his fellow passengers and the scorn of the young lady in question. No, no! give us cold cars, slow horses, inattentive conductors and little straw, but in heaven's name remove the gong...
...observe the excellent rule made by Captain Cook, that the strength of the stroke should be expended at the moment the blade catches the water, and when the oar becomes at right angles to the boat the effort should be lessened, so that the stroke could be finished without jerk or splash, allowing opportunity to return quickly for the second stroke...
...girls say papa and mamma : The New York girl says "Ma - r!" with a jerk on the "r." The Philadelphia girl says "May-ar" through her nose. The St. Louis girl says "Ma'mar;" the Boston girl says "Mur-mur;" the Baltimore beauty "Mur-mur" and "Pur-pur;" the little Canadian says "Pa-ah" and "Ma-ah;" the Alabama girl says "Porr" and "Morr;" the Brooklyn girl says "Par-pah" and "Mah-ah;" the little London girls say, "Now, po-pow-ah, you make me lowof...