Word: strip
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...gentleman was noticed yesterday, after gazing yearningly on the enticing strip of ice near the chapel and taking note that no one was near, to remove his rubbers, lay them carefully, with the valise which he was carrying, on the snow, and then yield to the allurements of that long slide; after which he again put on his rubbers, picked up the valise and went on his way rejoicing...
...strip of ice near Appleton Chapel possesses strange fascination. An observer yesterday noticed forty-six out of fifty men doff their dignity, when they reached that strip, and indulge in a long slide...
...fare on the Charles-river Railway will be five cents, and the tickets of other roads will be taken. There will be no strip tickets...
...watched the ever-roughening sea several minutes in silence. The pier was trembling beneath my feet, and I found it hard to stand upright against the fresh, strong wind. I had never seen such sworls of spray before, nor such a foreboding sky, - a long oblique strip of blackness, like a pall, with ragged edges dipping to the very sea. Then I turned and slowly walked up the path to the little brown house, where the tall elms were swaying madly to and fro. A bright face welcomed me from the window. It was the little granddaughter...
With subtle stroke of wit to strip the dress...