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[ Poll: an abbreviation and transliteration of [Footnote Greek words], "the mob"; university slang for the whole body of students taking merely the degree of Bachelor of Arts, at Cambridge.]
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[ pluck: the rejection of a student, after examinations, who does not come up to the standard.]
ON A PIECE OF CHALK
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[ On a Piece of Chalk: a lecture to working-men from Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews.]
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[ Needles of the Isle of Wight: the needles are three white, pointed rocks of chalk, resting on dark-colored bases, and rising abruptly from the sea to a height of 100 feet. Baedeker's Great Britain.]