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[UK] Collegian (Harvard) 231: I could see in the long vista of the past, the many hardened blows who had rioted here around the festive board.
at blow, n.3
[UK] Collegian 40: After taking off his coat, stock, and dickie [DA].
at dicky, n.1
[UK] [Harvard] Collegian 231: I could see [...] the many honest digs who had in this room consumed the midnight oil.
at dig, n.2
[UK] J. Pycroft Collegian’s Guide 274: He has read all of the black-lettered divinity in the Bodleian, and says that none of the cram men shall have a chance with him.
at cram man (n.) under cram, n.
[UK] J. Pycroft Collegian’s Guide 223: Take care what you light your cigars with [...] you’ll be burning some of Tufton’s crams.
at cram, n.
[UK] J. Pycroft Collegian’s Guide 240: I have made him promise to give me four or five evenings of about half an hour’s cram each.
at cram, n.
[UK] J. Pycroft Collegian’s Guide 231: The second point in which a crammer excels is in fixing the attention, and reducing subjects to the comprehension of ill-formed and undisciplined minds.
at crammer, n.
[UK] J. Pycroft Collegian’s Guide 231: I could see, in the long vista of the past, the many honest digs who had in this room consumed the midnight oil.
at dig, n.2
[UK] J. Pycroft Collegian’s Guide 118: Not a few of this party were deluded into a belief that [...] all men of courtesy and good-breeding [were] spoonies.
at spoony, n.
[UK] Knox Collegian (N.Z.) 🌐 All gone to the pack!
at gone to the pack (adj.) under pack, n.2
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