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Word: codswallop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trophy is housed, refused to yield it to "a toy boat," as he called Branson's $2.3 / million Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, with its two turbocharged, 2,000-h.p. diesel engines. Retorted Branson: "To say (the award) has only to do with passenger liners is a lot of codswallop." To back his claim, he has decided to create his own trophy for the next successful Atlantic challenger. Branson will probably not go after his own record, however; the V.A.C. II will soon be up for sale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 14, 1986 | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

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