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shillaber slang (chiefly N. Amer.). (ˈʃɪləbə(r)) [Origin unknown.] = shill n.1913 Collier's 6 Dec. 29/2 The business men turned out to be ‘shillabers’, if you know what ‘shillabers’ are. 1924 G. Bronson-Howard Devil's Chaplain vii. 111 One time ‘ballyhoo’ and ‘shillaber’, proprietor of ‘Chief Big⁓sp...
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Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (July 12, 1814 – November 25, 1890) was an American printer, editor, and humorist. For the Post, Shillaber introduced his character Mrs. Ruth Partington, the American version of Mrs.
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Shill
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The origin of the term "shill" is uncertain; it may be an abbreviation of "shillaber". American humorist Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814–1890), who often wrote under the guise of his fictional character Mrs.
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waspily
waspily, adv. (ˈwɒspɪlɪ) [f. waspy a.1 + -ly2.] = waspishly adv.1854 B. P. Shillaber Life & Sayings Mrs. Partington 231 ‘Because she is a low, vile creature of the town,’ said she, waspily. 1928 Sunday Dispatch 29 July 2/3 ‘That's what I'm doing. Turning over a new leaf—and I'm going to do well.’ ‘Y...
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shill
▪ I. shill, a. and adv. Obs. exc. dial. (ʃɪl) Forms: 1 scyl, 3 sille, 3–5 schille, schulle, 4–5 shyl, shille, schyll(e, shylle, shulle, 4–6 schil(l, 5–6 shyll, shil, 4–7 shill. [ME. schille (2 syll.), app. repr. OE. *scielle, a parallel form of *sciell (late WS. scyl, occurring only once); corresp. ...
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Charles G. Halpine
emigrated to the United States, and took up his residence at Boston, where he became assistant editor of The Boston Post, and, with Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
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Edmund Roberts (diplomat)
From 1826 to 1832, John Shillaber, American consul in Batavia, sent a series of letters suggesting that he be empowered to negotiate trade treaties. except from the captain and those with a need to know; while in passage he was to gather as much as possible of the knowledge previously requested of Shillaber
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parfocalize
parfocalize, v. (pɑːˈfəʊkəlaɪz) [f. prec. + -ize.] trans. To make parfocal. So parˌfocaliˈzation, the action or result of parfocalization.1944 C. P. Shillaber Photomicrography iii. 234 As a rule parfocalization can be attained for all microscope objectives except those of great focal length. 1958 G....
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Thomas Richardson Colledge
His widow Caroline Matilda (nee Shillaber) died 6 Jan. 1880. His brother-in-law John Shillaber was the first American Consul at Java. The next three sons Lancelot Dent, Thomas Richardson, and William Shillaber died in infancy in Macao.
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parfocal
parfocal, a. (pɑːˈfəʊkəl) [f. par n.1 + focal a.] Having or pertaining to the property that corresponding focal points of different lenses lie in the same plane, so that they may be interchanged without the need to adjust the focus. Const. with.1886 Microsc. Bull. & Sci. News Aug. 31/1 Referring to ...
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Cambridge University Automobile Club
has to be a member of the university faculty.
2023-24 Committee
The society's current executive committee comprises 11 positions:
President: Luke Shillaber Yaseen Al-Khazali
Junior Treasurer: Adam Ormondroyd
Veterans Secretary: Francisco Gómez Medina
Partnership Secretary: Hader Aziz
Safety Officer: Luke Shillaber
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jour
▪ I. ‖ jour1 (ʒur) [OF. and F. jour:—L. diurnum neut. sing. (used in pop. L. as n.) of diurnus of or pertaining to the day, f. diēs day.] † 1. A day. Obs.c 1450 Merlin 67 On the xi⊇ iour of Pentecoste, the kynge satte at mete, and with hym the Duke of Tintagel. 1538 Churchw. Acc. St. Giles, Reading ...
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Joseph William Torrey
years in the company of his father, which brought him into contact with the satirical magazine, The Carpet-Bag, created and edited by Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
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coal-hole
ˈcoal-hole 1. A small store-place for coals; a coal-cellar; also, the store-place for fuel in a ship.1661–2 Pepys Diary 8 Feb., All the day with the colliers removing the coles out of the old cole hole into the new one. 1797 Anti-Jacobin No. 1 She whipp'd two female 'prentices to death, And hid them...
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Emily Rebecca Page
prose and poetry for the "Carpet-Bag," "Ladies' Repository," and an annual called the "Rose-Bud" (Boston, 1854–55), as well as for Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber's
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