Word: lukewarm
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...moment whether it should be followed out next year) is likely to prove most hurtful to the success of the two matches for which our team is pledged this spring. The difficulty of obtaining money-subscriptions in aid of athletics this year is understood by all; and if the lukewarm supporter of the foot-ball interest has any additional excuse for not subscribing, other than the common plea of hard times, the chances are that he will close both his ears and pocket to the entreaties of the canvasser for foot-ball subscriptions. It is this fear of a lack...
...hand in search of historic notoriety. I do not intend to describe the interesting places that I visited; that feat has been eloquently achieved by the before-mentioned guide-book. It is only of their influence on my character that I mean to speak. I had always been lukewarm on the subject of the fighting and bleeding of my grandsires. To tell the truth, it is said that one of my numerous grandsires (how they multiply in three generations: it beats Malthus!) fought on the wrong side and had a commission from his majesty King George. But when...