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Word: hoof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...average of 187 pounds for the Harvard forward wall and 178 for the Vermont bulwark. The advantage in the backfield is by a margin of 174 to 161, while the average team weights are 182 and 172. The gross weight of the Harvard team is one ton on the hoof; the Vermonters aggregate is 110 pounds less

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VERMONT TO GIVE CRIMSON ELEVEN FIRST 1927 TEST | 10/1/1927 | See Source »

...robin's egg blue stands, and settled them selves in $40,000,000 worth of au- tomobiles. F. Ambrose Clark's tal ly-ho wound its horn and dashed away. Out over the magic carpet swarmed 51 brown men, armed with stomps. They mended the magic carpet, smoothing the hoof cuts of the ponies. Next week the magic carpet would be smooth and green again and the thousands gather for the series' second game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Meadow Brook | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

...Hoof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 9, 1927 | 5/9/1927 | See Source »

Sirs, Your attitude on the Ford-Sapiro trial shows biased opinions and for this reason cancel my subscription. I perceive the cloven hoof of the Ford-Lincoln Motor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 9, 1927 | 5/9/1927 | See Source »

...equitator, when asked to tell what thrush, a disease of the hoof is, described it as a "small, brown bird, frequently seen around the stables." Another student of hippology defined the pastern as a "French scientist, famous for his Institute." A third Freshman came to the captain and complained that his horse would not open its mouth and seize the bit, although he had been holding it out to him for five minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Holds Bit in Front of Horse's Mouth for Five Minutes But Dobbin Doesn't Bite--Equestrians Saved by Horses' Ears | 2/21/1927 | See Source »

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