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Word: lapped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defeated by the M. I. T. combination. Chapin will probably lead off as he did in the other race. It is not at all unlikely that Captain Burke will be substituted at the last minute at anchor in this race also, since it was his sprint on the last lap which almost won the race ten days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PERSONNEL OF TWO RELAY TEAMS SELECTED AS A RESULT OF TIME TRIALS | 2/14/1923 | See Source »

...first lap of the relay race, English High School, with Captain McKillock carrying the stick, was about on even terms with the Freshmen, but, from then on, each Crimson runner increased the lead by over ten yards so that Allen, at anchor, broke the tape well in the lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN TRACK TEAM SWAMPS TWO RIVALS IN CAPTURING FIRST MEET | 1/29/1923 | See Source »

...team which forced the B. A. A. combination to break a record in order to gain first place by a few yards. J. C. McGlone '26, W. R. Chase '26, F. P. Kane '26 and R. G. Allen '26 all ran well, Allen's phenomenal sprint on the last lap, coming within a few yards of tieing for first place. Equally unexpected was the high-jumping of S. B. Jones '26, which won first place in that event. The actual leap was 5 feet 11 inches, while a handicap of one inch increased the total to six feet. Inasmuch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK MEN TIE FOR FIRST PLACE AT Y. M. C. A. MEET | 1/22/1923 | See Source »

Other exercises are less easily explained, the frantic pulling on the handles of the little express wagon that does not move, the juggling of 500 lb. weights, lap after lap on the running track (perhaps the commuter will miss his train). The "sights" in Tartarus itself were not more diversified or less productive of apparent results...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMIC OPERA | 12/6/1922 | See Source »

...griddlecake with same, returns fork to l., whence to table and exhales. Picks up fork with l, and knife (by handle) with r., gets firm hold on both and approaches griddle cake. Griddle-cake slipping well on the mixture of caviar and heavy alights in neighbor's lap. (Now here is where his training is evident.) With a jovial laugh, Willie bursts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "TO THE MANOR BORN" | 10/28/1922 | See Source »

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