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Word: flopped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Usage:

Stroke. Doesn't get a good catch. Must get his hands away quicker. Must keep knees under him and not let them flop about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Sophomore Crew. | 2/13/1888 | See Source »

...Swings back too far. Must keep legs under him and not let them flop about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Junior Class Crew. | 2/4/1888 | See Source »

...loaf and I flop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/9/1882 | See Source »

...Vain hope! These two are but confederates in crime. For suddenly this, too, begins to rotate. You struggle for a moment to keep both feet moving in opposite directions, become demoralized, lose your head and your foothold, and plunge into the water, while your torturers indulge in a mighty flop of intense delight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOGOMACHY. | 10/14/1881 | See Source »

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