Word: huzzahing
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...look down from the roof of Madison Square Garden at hockey games had given him a nickname-"Red Light" Miller, drawing their title from the signal that flashes when a goal-guard lets in a shot. They had given Miller what is locally known as the Bronx Cheer, a huzzah of sarcastic intention. Rattled, Miller begged to be sent back to the minor leagues "where they wouldn't razz him." Now he was called to take the most important position on a team tied with the favorites for the hockey championship of the world...
...Platos; thirteen Homers; a Huzzah...
...these, Plato, Ga., was doubtless the "city" Agathon had in mind. Its population is by far the largest: 238. There are 13 Homers, from Alaska to Texas; one Homer City, (Pa.) ; two Homersvilles (Ga., Ohio). There is no Socrates, no Xantippe, but in Missouri there is a Huzzah...
...evening cheers had rung out, now for one college, now for another; but a certain drawled, unoriginal huzzah in particular had been repeated with irritating frequency: "Ha-a-a-va-a-d." That word had been heard over and over. "Ha-a-a-va-a-d, Ha-a-a-va-a-d, Ha-a-a-va-a-d." Indeed, the university whose manner of encouraging her sons had so piqued the representatives of the other colleges had mighty men in her service. There was Albert ("Truck") Miller, 200-pound sprinter ; Jeff Fletcher, high-hurdle star; "Soapy" Watters, Olympic middle-distance...
...Buck--"Huzzah," Wine Song. Glee Club...