altho

[ awl-th oh ]

/ ɔlˈðoʊ /

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

He got one good bull and a few good heifers, altho the people of the state criticised him severely for such “gross extravagance.”
Cox--The Man|Roger W. Babson
This was her only consolation—for altho' She could not tell the head—she could the tail!
The Sketches of Seymour (Illustrated), Complete|Robert Seymour
A much better way, altho it is more work, is to bore a hole thru the side piece and round and drive in a hard wood plug.
Deadfalls and Snares|A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
For, altho there is a gross kind of materialism, there may be a materialism which is consistent with a belief in immortality.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 6: H. W. Beecher to Punshon|Various

Altho all the young trees are killed down to the ground, the young sprouts spring up from the still living roots.
Wood and Forest|William Noyes