The Colored Cadet at West Point - Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy by Henry Ossian Flipper
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"Thing."--A "plebe."
"To extinguish."--To distinguish. "To go for."--To haze. "House."--Room, quarters. "To freeze to."--To hold firmly. "To wipe out."--To destroy. "Limbo."--Confinement. "Solemncholy."--Sad, dejected. "Plebeskin."--A rubber overcoat issued to new cadets. "Turnbacks."--Cadets turned back to a lower class. "Div," "subdiv."--Division, subdivision. "Devils."--Fellows familiarly. "Tab."--Tabular system of French. "To celebrate."--To do. "A stayback."--A graduate detained at graduation to instruct the new cadets.* |
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