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Word: eyelet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1883-1883
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...canvas, double-stitched and close-fitting. In the back is an elastic insertion about eight inches long and diamond-shaped, which enables the players to bend more easily than the ordinary stiff jacket will allow. In the front is a large letter "H" in crimson silk. Instead of metal eyelet protectors, which in a scrimmage often tear the fingers, the holes are worked in silk. The crimson-gray over which the jacket is worn is of heavy knitted material, as are also the hose, both being made on machinery imported by the firm. The knee-breeches are of strong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 11/12/1883 | See Source »

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