Chapter VI · Chapter 6

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From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading THE CONFESSIONS OF A DINER.

plural of “absentee” — one that is absent or not in residence

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

in addition

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

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From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

plural of “beard” — the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

past form of “boom” — make a resonant sound, like artillery

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

a state of extreme confusion and disorder

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

plural of “chord” — a straight line connecting two points on a curve

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults

From this reading THE CONFESSIONS OF A DINER.

opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

every day; without missing a day

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

true confidential information

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

have supper; eat dinner

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

From this reading THE CONFESSIONS OF A DINER.

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

-ing form of “exchange” — give to, and receive from, one another

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

have an existence, be extant

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

an opening that permits escape or release

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

a ceremonial dinner party for many people

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

join tongue and groove, in carpentry

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

of great significance or value

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

plural of “lollipop” — ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

take the midday meal

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

the food served and eaten at one time

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

come together

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

not any; not one

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

according to the clock

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

not divisible by two

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE CONFESSIONS OF A DINER.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

plural of “oyster” — marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

the time that has elapsed

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

having a point

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

plural of “reason” — a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

plural of “speech” — the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

affected by strabismus

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

not in physical motion

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE CONFESSIONS OF A DINER.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

a university student who has not yet received a first degree

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

one whose business is the management of funerals

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

third-person singular of “vary” — become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

From this reading Probably no meal varies so much in the time of its celebration as that most important one, dinner.

relating to or designed for or using the singing voice

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

plural of “waiter” — a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

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From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.

a Caucasian

From this reading THE THIRTEEN CLUB--What it was--How it was Boomed--Gruesome Details--Squint-Eyed Waiters--Superstitious Absentees--My Reasons for being Present--'Arry of _Punch_--The Lost "Vocal" Chords--The Undergraduate and the Undertaker--Model Speeches--Albert Smith An Atlantic Contradiction--The White Horse--The White Feather--Exit 13.

which person or people

From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

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From this reading Some people still exist who dine at one o'clock; some also there are who daily observe that fearsome feast yclept "High Tea."

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading My First City Dinner--A Minnow against the Stream--Those Table Plans--Chaos--The City Alderman, Past and Present--Whistler's Lollipops--Odd Volumes--Exchanging Names--Ye Red Lyon Clubbe--The Pointed Beards--Baltimore Oysters--The Sound Money Dinner--To Meet General Boulanger--A Lunch at Washington--No Speeches.