Word: duffered
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...would probably win. What would make such a victory remarkable is the fact that Osteopath Oxenham is totally blind. Last week at the West Hove Club near Brighton, England he was awarded a handicap of 20, which approximates the handicaps allotted to Messrs. Chrysler, Goldberg, Aylesworth, many & many another duffer who has good eyes to keep on the ball...
...within the College, there is marked inequity in granting the same cum laude on such different grounds of achievement. The degree should be a badge of something approaching maturity of outlook; nine honor grades in unrelated courses are not the least guarantee that their recipient is not a hopeless duffer...
...Palatka, Fla., H. F. Underwood, jeweler, sold a handsome golf trophy to Palatka Country Club. No golfer, he was offered a "duffer's handicap" to play in the club tournament. He borrowed a set of clubs, won back the trophy...
Most skilled women golfers have found that skirts do not interfere with their game. But many a female duffer has taken to knickerbockers ("knickers") in hopes that they will improve her game, give her freedom of swing, etc. Men have snickered at women in knickerbockers, have said that they looked ridiculous waddling around the links...
...total of 12,000 skips. Skipper Lavere was puffing and heaving when he stopped. Later he explained his agility: "I eat raw meat, everything raw. Eating raw stuff was the only thing that enabled me to do this. . . . From now on, there is an open challenge to any old duffer who thinks he can beat...