Word: flibbertigibbet
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Then occurred another upset. Miss Ryan was sorry-it was the heat or something she had eaten, no doubt-but illness forced her to default to Mrs. Mallory. Thus it came about that in the finals the brown Mrs. Mallory found herself once more opposing that poker-faced, Nordic flibbertigibbet who defeated her last year for the National title (TIME, Aug. 25)-Miss Helen Wills. She lost the first three games, all of which went to deuce, then won six in a row. Miss Wills pounded hard to the baseline, took the next two sets...