Word: yells
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...with a smothered yell...
...slamming of doors, the outburst of what is called by courtesy music. Sometimes you hear a man call for "Tom" by the half-hour, as if Tom were some mighty heathen god. It must be pleasant, too, when the indefatigable athlete above you drops his Indian clubs with a yell that suggests the origin of the name applied to those useful articles, and begins to practise the last new step. I have heard that in some of the old buildings men frequently have to bring up coal and water from the lower regions, and I know perfectly well that most...