Word: butt
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chapel choir is so apt to be the butt of ignorant criticism and ancient witticisms, that it is no more than fair to give it a little of the praise which it has so justly earned. Its performances during the last week or two have been especially creditable both to itself and to its leader. This excellence is the more to be commended when we consider the difficulty of singing well so early in the morning and in such a vicious temperature as that which always pervades Appleton Chapel. A great part of the increase in popularity of the present...
...London Sportsman in an editorial, says: "A player should be absolutely prohibited from running full butt against an antagonist and dashing him to the ground, should he be unable to withstand the impact. Foot ball would prove none the less interesting were it to be shorn of its roughness and horse play...