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Word: curl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...thwacking it mightily into the toughest gale, watching it hover and dip and rise again, often to soar away like a homing bird into the trees to some unplayable nest. They are putting it diligently into the cup, diligently and boldly-boy, she's in!-oop-a curl and a flip and out pops Big Boy for another try. ... It was a disappointment in May; it will be hated in June; and by July it will be tyranny. You have literally commanded the players who worked and slaved for years to break 90, to work and slave quite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ball Crusade | 6/1/1931 | See Source »

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