Word: doff
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Halt," cries their leader, and the column comes to a rest. Then the seniors rise, and at the command of their chief give three hearty cheers for '88, who respond by three equally strong ones for '85. Acknowledging this courtesy, '85 gives three more cheers for the freshmen, who doff their hats and move on to the junior fence, where the same scenes are repeated. As they round the corner of Elm street and halt opposite the sophomore fence, their impatience increases, and scarcely has the final cheer been given when the word "Break ranks," is heard, and an indiscriminate...
...dogged resistance of our eleven. Moreover the kicking won. Every time Moffat got within thirty yards of our poles his unerring kick sent the ball squarely over the bar, leaving no room for doubt either respecting the goal or the fairness of the kick. Our men start doff with a heavy rushing game and for a time steadily approached Princeton's goal, but the advantage only lasted while we held the ball ; when once Princeton secured it the lighting was changed to our territory forthwith. Moffat's first goal from the field was the turning point, being...
...strip of ice near Appleton Chapel possesses strange fascination. An observer yesterday noticed forty-six out of fifty men doff their dignity, when they reached that strip, and indulge in a long slide...