Lexicographical Neighbors of Excelsiors
Literary usage of Excelsiors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base by Charles A. Peverelly (1866)
"Fly game with excelsiors, cm their grounds, Brooklyn. ... A friendly game was
played with the excelsiors at Hoboken ; time, two hours fifteen minutes. ..."
2. Athletics at Princeton: A History by James Hugh Moffatt, Frank Presbrey (1901)
"Mr. Grum acted as umpire with his usual impartiality, and the game was played in
the most friendly and gentlemanly manner throughout." Nassau vs. excelsiors ..."
3. The Scrap Book (1906)
"That year the excelsiors played throughout New York State, as well as in Philadelphia
and Baltimore, and greatly popularized the game. ..."
4. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1904)
"ME CHANDLER: I had a field of excelsiors on a north hillside that was not mulched
and had a ... My excelsiors on high ground, well mulched, were frozen. ..."
5. Pacific Educational Journal by California Dept. of Public Instruction (1893)
"literary societies: The Wide Awakes, and the excelsiors. ... "Don't you think
the excelsiors are ahead?" And the Wide Awakes would respond, "Well, ..."
6. Out-door Papers by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1863)
"1, of Ward Eleven, and the excelsiors of Smithville. I remember that you looked
a little dissatisfied, when I came into the counting-room, and rather shook ..."
7. Half-hours with the Best American Authors by Charles Morris (1886)
"1, of Ward Eleven, and the excelsiors of Smithville. I remember that you looked
a little dissatisfied, when I came into the counting-room, and rather shook ..."
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