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Word: jeffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There are Ferris at the bottom of my Gardiner," sang Hu Flung Huey gaily. "I wouldn't give a plugged McNicol for the Lord Jeff's chances...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey, | Title: LIFE BEGINS AT FORTE; WHO WANTS TO GET GUILD?--SAGE | 10/5/1940 | See Source »

...unwritten athletic law at Amherst that none of its teams shall ever sit down. Timeouts mean nothing to those Sabrinas; they wait on their feet, anxious for the next play. They didn't have to open up very much last Saturday against Hobart, and Harvard can expect the Lord Jeff quarterbacks to dig down deep into their bag of tricks...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

...descriptions of theatrical and ballroom jazz are excellent. Because he likes true jazz so well, he is not one-tenth so good at telling about it. He avoids, to be sure, those indulgences in technological slang with which customers embarrass the second trumpeter. But he does let Jeff Walters say what Jeff Walters could never have said: "The world needs beauty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hot v. Sweet | 7/22/1940 | See Source »

...stamp out "fifth-column stuff" among the nation's tramps, Jeff Davis ("King of the Hobos") announced the formation of a hobo constabulary to be known as Jungle Bulls,* under the command of famed gate-crasher "One Eye" Connolly. Said King Davis: "Hobos are the best friends this country has. They're loyal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 10, 1940 | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...varsity golf team dropped its first match of the season yesterday afternoon against Amherst, 6 to 3, in South Hadley. The all-veteran Lord Jeff squad carried three individual victories and got a tie in another, while getting two wins and a tie in the best ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amherst Trips Linksmen, 6-3; Freshmen Beat Tech, 4 1/2-1 1/2 | 5/1/1940 | See Source »

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