Word: frogged
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Blockade (Walter Wanger). "Not only do we meekly take intimidation from abroad but we jump obediently when almost anybody in this country says 'Frog!' It's ridiculous, and I, for one, don't intend to continue. I'm going to release this Spanish picture as is and if it's banned in Europe, I'll have to take my loss...
...Angels Camp, Calaveras County, Calif., last week there was a lot of hopping being done. Local businessmen were holding the ninth Annual International Jumping Frog Jubilee. For Calaveras County miners the jubilee, inspired by Mark Twain's fabulous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," is the sports event of the year. On Angels Camp's main street thronged 35,000 spectators, including overdressed cinema celebrities to watch the two-day classic. The rules: 1) three jumps to a frog, the total distance to count as official; 2) each frog might be shaken thoroughly to discover...
...hoptoad reared on the late Will Rogers' Claremore, Okla. ranch. When the leaping subsided, it was announced that not Budweiser IV but the 1936 winner, Zip, had broken the world's record, hopping the mighty hop of 15 ft. 10 in. He was promptly acclaimed the jumpingest frog in Calaveras or any other county...
...October. But Bill Stewart's achievement was in some ways even more remarkable, because: 1) he had led his team to a world championship in his first year as a hockey manager; 2) although a longtime hockey referee, he had never played the game except on Boston frog ponds, had never coached except at polite New England schools (including Radcliffe...
...painted frog from the Amazon, whose jewel-like skin contains poison used by natives for arrows and darts...