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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
advertisements
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
Alaskan
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all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Animal
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE PIT," "THE OCTOPUS," ETC.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
bed
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From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
Blinds
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Boom
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Buldy
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Butler
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Caged
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Charities
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Circle
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
copy
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
Curbstone
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
days
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
Defense
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Dis-Associated
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
Dramas
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Drangey
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
Dying
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
edition
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
editor
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From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
electrotype
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
ETC
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE PIT," "THE OCTOPUS," ETC.
everlastingly
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Fires
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Flag
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
form
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
Francisco
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From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
Friday
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Frome
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
gold
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Grettir
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Guest
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
Honour
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
House
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
illustrations
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
Jones
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
late
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Lion
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
locked
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
London
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
news
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
night
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
OCTOPUS
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE PIT," "THE OCTOPUS," ETC.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE PIT," "THE OCTOPUS," ETC.
old
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From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
out
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
paper
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From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
PITnounUS /pɪt/
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE PIT," "THE OCTOPUS," ETC.
plates
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
PrintednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
printing
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
Pugilist
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
put
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From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
reach
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
Reversion
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
rush
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San
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Seattle
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Sheik
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
short-handed
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
Shorty
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
small
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Son
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Stack
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
stands
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Strangest
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
stretched
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
sub
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From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
Tanner
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE PIT," "THE OCTOPUS," ETC.
ThingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
ThirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Toppan
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Tuesday
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
Type
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From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
up
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From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
used
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From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
usually
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
Wave
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From this reading It used to be my duty, as sub editor of the old San Francisco _Wave_, to "put the paper to bed."
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
Wednesday
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
weeklies
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were printing a Seattle edition in those days of the Alaskan gold rush; and the last form had to be locked up on Tuesday night, that we might reach the news stands by Friday.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Printed from electrotype plates by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London._ The Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal of a Buldy Jones" Dying Fires Grettir at Drangey The Guest of Honour
Working
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From this reading Working short-handed, as all small weeklies do, we were everlastingly late with copy or illustrations or advertisements; and that Tuesday usually stretched itself out into Wednesday.
