Word: canter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chuckled, the whole country grinned. The President had been caught taking an illicit horseback ride. He has a mechanical hobbyhorse in his dressing room-a horse with a tin body, on which is cinched an ordinary saddle. By pressing successive buttons, the horse can be made to trot, to canter, to gallop at various speeds-an electrical motor supplying the motion (which is entirely vertical). Three times a day, for ten minutes, he rides...
That is the earliest historical background for all the stories and canter about X. You meet the tale at every step. "X runs a race with Y. At the half mile mark X passes Y running at 7.5 miles an hour. By how much did X win?" It is always the same; and always the happy ending,--X wins, and Y loses. Occasionally Mrs X (X') is called upon for assistance, but she invariably backs her husband to the discomfiture of Y. Even Z somehow seems to be able to put a deal across while Y is left struggling with...
There is, however, still some hope. President Nicholas Murray Butler and Mr. Mencken are in Cleveland. William Jennings Bryan is present, and La Follette is buying lumber for a platform. One of the darker horses may canter in under cover of the fog, or the weather may even change...
...venerable savants of the French Academy decided to admit the following Anglo-Saxon sporting terms into the French language: challenge, camping, bookmaker, cricket, Boy Scout, champion, bridge. The words canter, crack and crawl were rejected...
...Atlantic Monthly is studied in the English courses of various schools and colleges as an example of English composition. As a protector of the language, Mother Advocate is well justified in varying her flights on Pegasus with a canter on old hack Parody. From the fifth century before Christ when "The Battle of the Frogs and Mice" lamphoned Homer, the parody has been a recognized form of literary criticism. It is as Leigh Hunt said, a positive compliment in recognizing the popularity of the work. But more appropriate to the case in hand it is excellent training for the apprentice...