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Word: harpo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...considered "dead" on that ball. He cannot hit it again unless he passes through a wicket. This can leave a player cooling his heels on the sidelines for a half an hour while his opponent hits through. Darryl Zanuck, one of old Hollywood's croquet fanatics, who included Harpo Marx, Samuel Goldwyn and Louis Jourdan, described the predicament: "When you're three-ball dead, you're just a useless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Windsor, California Such Splendor On the Grass | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

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