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Word: jock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thinking of going to one of the jock schools out West, maybe the University of Oregon," the leading scorer on the Crimson field hockey team says. "I've always considered myself an athlete, not a scholar...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Academics or Athletics: A Question of Priorities | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

...mind being considered just a jock. I know that I'm reasonably intelligent, and people can think what they want about you. Besides," Field adds, "they probably will anyway...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Academics or Athletics: A Question of Priorities | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

...just a jock, she's versatile one. Field excels in many sports besides field hockey. One of them is basketball, the game she once considered her first love...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Academics or Athletics: A Question of Priorities | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

...fame as a New York Giants' running back eleven years earlier. Though still honored on the saloon beat, where he peddles Goldblatt beer, Flynn has gnawing dreams of recaptured affluence. His road to riches is outlined for him by a city hall insider, who shows the ex-jock how he can buy a building condemned by the city and lease it back to New York as a day care center. All Richie needs is title to an abandoned synagogue in the South Bronx: for $50,000 ($10,000 down), he will be able to unload the building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Out Like Flynn | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

...Heeeeeeeey, faggot," the preppie-jock slurred. Gales of black laughter...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Of Wolves and Men | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

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