Word: torn
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...collar lost, his breeches torn...
...Hares to be two in number, carrying bags of scent (paper cut or torn in pieces about one and one-half inches square...
...would be a rush between the two lower classes, which neither adds to the comfort of the Seniors nor to the enjoyment of the ladies, who, in spite of what the gentlemen themselves may think, do not like an exhibition of rudeness which invariably results in bloody noses and torn clothes. If, on the other hand, the Freshmen would agree to remain on the green next to Holden, and not join in a ring round the Tree, I am convinced that the Class-Day Committee would admit them; for this would not crowd the other three classes, and a rush...
...printing-office on Holyoke Street, Cambridge, formerly occupied by the University Press, and now by John Wilson & Son, is to be torn down by order of the College authorities. The Wilsons will take possession of the University Press building at once, adding their own material to that recently purchased of the creditors of Welch, Bigelow...
Already the swarthy Ethiops had prepared the feast; some had torn the skin from the ribs and laid the flesh bare; and others had placed the brazen caldrons and prepared the fires, and the hash was served...