Word: dudgeoned
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...Convention as a whole, the two North Americans had to figure some way of seating one of the delegations and buying off the other with a face-saving title. Gabrialson first suggested seating the Rump delegation and titling the others Honorary Delegates. The Rump group rose in dudgeon and began arguing that the folks at home would attach far more honor to Honorary Delegates than to the common varsity. The legal delegation maintained that the Rump group had no right to any representation whatsoever. A fist fight broke out between two of the Puerto Ricans and the blows continued until...
...same day Linden in a key engagement downed Hollis-Stoughton in a closely fought duel, 5-4. This game was one of the hardest fought of the entire season, with frequent cries of pique and dudgeon permeating the vesperian...
...policy racket, long known as the "bug," was flourishing more than ever. Its headquarters, wrote Collins, had shifted from Atlanta to nearby Clayton County, where residents complained of "prostitution, bootlegging . . . brawling in the roadhouses and occasional slayings." Said Collins: the local cops are doing nothing about it. In high dudgeon, Clayton County's Sheriff W. L. Dickson wrote the editors challenging Collins to prove that there was anything wrong in the county. Said Collins: "That made...
...starting TIME (with its "double-breasted seersucker" et al.) had to do it again by quoting Dan Parker's suggestions for the Russians who say they will compete in the 1952 Olympic Games [Parker samples: "the heel-and-toe walkout," "the running high dudgeon"-TIME...
...Prompting New York Mirror Columnist Dan Parker to suggest some new Olympic events. Samples: "the heel-and-toe walkout," "the running high dudgeon," "the erroneous conclusion jump," and "hurling the invective...