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Word: escadru (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...morning of the Kentucky Derby, thunder tumbled and the rain splashed down on Louisville in buckets. Maryland's Ed Christmas, who was training a mud-horse named Escadru, woke up and grinned. So did Texas' Ben Whitaker, whose My Request runs well on a wet track. It was still raining and the racing strip was a quagmire when Christmas bumped into Ben Whitaker at the stables and muttered slyly: "Every flag in Kentucky's flying half-mast." The heavy rain was over by breakfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Arcaro Picks a Winner | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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