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Word: chump (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...matter of fact, I think you'd have a better chance of finding a leather-bound copy of J.H. Parry's Trade and Dominion than you do of answering more than half of these questions. And I'm not even talking about whether you answer them correctly or not, chump...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reading Period Baseball Quiz | 5/17/1978 | See Source »

...Bobick's a chump. He doesn't have...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: A Bookies Delight | 5/6/1977 | See Source »

Every ref adds his personal flourish to his calls, especially some flamboyant types whom fans call pejoratively "hop, skip, and a jump-you're a chump refs." Nevertheless Diehl says that positioning and hand signalling have become basically uniform...

Author: By Robert I. W. sidorsky, | Title: Traffic Cops In Bloody-Nose Alley It's a long, hard climb from the snakepits to the ECAC big time. | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

Having savored the adulation of these millions through the years, Eliza (never at a loss for words) might say of the reviewer what she first said of Higgins himself: "He's off his chump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 22, 1972 | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

...press. "I'm just me, see." he says. "If some people don't notice me, that's good. I got enough people pestering me. I'm making money, ain't I? That's enough for me." When Ali starts his familiar gate-hypoing routine by calling Joe a "chump," "impostor," "amateur" and "tramp," Frazier mutters something about "childishness" and goes on his way. Joe is proud of his rough skills and his success, proud of being a poor black who made good. "I ain't no Tom," he growls. It nettles him slightly that black celebrities?from Julian Bond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bull v. Butterfly: A Clash of Champions | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

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