Word: codfishing
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...pass from center, juggled it a moment, and tossed to Roosevelt. A second to balance himself, and Roosevelt shot a pass on a bullet-like trajectory to Smithers, wing-footed Maroon end. As Smithers, four yards from a touchdown, felt the pigskin against his chest, the lithe form of Codfish Cabot, the doughty little Massachusetts quarterback, hit him amidships, and down he went. Roosevelt crashed the line, but Tiny Timm, giant guard, blocked his way. Again Roosevelt drove, and this time over the line...
...That codfish on the license plates has been a great advertisement," remarked Frank A. Goodwin, registrar of motor vehicles, whose dismissal is being threatened by Governor Alvan T. Fuller, as he stuck a small codfish pin onto a CRIMSON reporter's lapel in his office on Commonwealth Pier yesterday...
...sacred Bay State "minnow" as a joke. "But it is no joke to mutilate a number plate: that man who has evidently hammered the fish out of his plate must pay $1--that may be expensive for a minnow but it's not too much for a codfish," he chuckled...
Looking for a tangible difference between Harvard and other educational institutions of the country, the average Freshman is likely to fall back on indifference, codfish or the memory of championship football teams. But a longer and more intimate acquaintance with the University will introduce him to the tutorial system, and then he will have something to talk about...
...wonder to the Vagabond to see the amount of effort which is expended upon the modern art of advertizing. From the paintings which illustrate Parfume "Chant d' Oiseau" or "Flame de Gloire" --a glossary of French for the advertisement reader has recently been compiled--"Bodies by Fisher" and "Boneless Codfish", to the circulars urging college men "to look their prettiest on that important occasion" an unbelievable amount of effort is expended upon luring the unsuspecting purchaser...