What did Boston have against bathing? In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor’s prescription. How long have anti-smoking forces been crusading? When Sir Walter Raleigh introduced tobacco into England in the early 1600s, King James I wrote a booklet arguing against its use. The early example of attempted government […]

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furtive FUR-tiv (adjective) – 1 : Done by stealth; surreptitious; secret; as, a furtive look. 2 : Expressive of stealth; sly; shifty; sneaky. 3 : Stolen; obtained by stealth. 4 : Given to stealing; thievish; pilfering. “But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not […]

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