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Word: horsed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The move came as a surprise, since Vander Eb has had no previous experience at end. But it has been no secret that Harlow's flank men were not panning out too well. And Joe Koufman, promising Junior end who was ineligible last year, will be hors de combat for...

Author: By Spencer Klaw, | Title: Vander Eb Goes to End Post as Gridders Scrimmage for Full Hour in Light Drizzle | 9/27/1939 | See Source »

Colgate University's Professor Porter G. Perrin also found a discrepancy between classroom English and the way most people talk, also tried to do something about it last week. His An Index to English* intended "to answer some common questions about English usage and style," makes no bones about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: U. S. English | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

For six years the world's fair of the cinema world has been the International Film Festival at Venice. In the past this annual, late-summer gathering to pick the world's best films has chosen such universally acclaimed cinemas as Man of Aran, Anna Karenina, Mayerling, La...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cannes for Venice | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

Feeling ran high in the Eliot-Dunster game, and hard, base running almost resulted in several players being put hors de combat. In the absence of ace pitcher Madey, Joe Stern was called on for mound duty for the Elephant, while the Funsters used Roger Kinnincutt. Red Lee of Eliot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot-Dunster Tie 7 to 7, Winthrop Wins in Baseball | 12/9/1938 | See Source »

By the end of the game, almost the entire Bunny backfield was hors de combat, with Hunt Hamill suffering a slight concussion and Louis Mills sustaining a broken vertebra.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland in House Football Lead; Elephants Upset | 10/14/1938 | See Source »

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