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Trampoosing Blues in a Word
While researching for my dissertation, I encountered the word “trampoosing” in a personal letter by a president of either Harvard or Yale in its early years. He described his veritable door-to-door efforts to raise funds for his university as “trampoosing.” … Continue reading
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Tagged diction, Harvard early years, language, trampoosing, voice, words personal language, writing, Yale early years
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