Word: drawnout
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting, so that on that day there will be fewer contestants, and accordingly, less time taken up. At this last meeting there was an hour's actual wrestling, and this, with the long waits necessary between the falls, made the events very tiresome and long drawnout. This proposed condensation of the wrestling would not only economize time, but would also lend fresh interest to the bouts, since the contestants would be more skilful and evenly matched...