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

...Hartford, Conn, in addition to their old one at Macon. But they acquired their most unusual 1931 rookie from the Oakland club, Pacific Coast League. He is Catcher Ernest Lombardi, 6 ft. 3 in. high and 220 Ib. heavy with a huge nose and hands big enough to enwrap a baseball as though it were a walnut. The New York Yankees found a monster larger than Lombardi-Jim Weaver, a 6 ft. 7 in. pitcher with a woodchuck jaw. Easily the highest pitcher in the big leagues, Weaver has a good fast ball, fair control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Prelude to Baseball | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

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