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Word: limp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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Dibblee showed his usual form in running, while his dodging in spite of a lame ankle was excellent. Toward the end of the practice, however, his limp became more and more pronounced and Sullivan was substituted in his place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ELEVEN. | 11/18/1897 | See Source »

With one or two exceptions the men are all in splendid physical condition. Bull has a limp and Sawin received a slight injury to his knee in recent practice. Neither of these cases is serious, however, and it is improbable that either of these men will be prevented from playing on Saturday, should their services be required...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'VARSITY PRACTICE LIGHT. | 11/12/1897 | See Source »

...clock, sharp. So few names have been signed in the blue-book at Bartlett's that the cup prospects are well-nigh desperate. If no more than 20 players enter, there can hardly be more than six players in the second round. And even strong players can play limp chess if they are left without strenuous competition. The advantage usually gained by the men that enter these tournaments is that combat between stranger styles that unfailingly leads to good chess at New York and good chess in the University. The position of sophomore champion ('98 and '99) lies now open...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chess Tournament. | 10/11/1895 | See Source »

...story of a freshman of the class of 1798 who "with heavy reel on tipsy heel," staggers out from Boston to be enticed out of his room by grave yard spooks who lead him a wild dance and conclude by tumbling him into the pump trough "as limp as a lump," "while one young Vandal keeps plying the handle." The rhyme suggests in the epilogue, that when he was questioned by "Prexy" Walker next morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Johnny Crimson." | 5/15/1895 | See Source »

...Limp One" by Kenneth Brown is unique, to say the least. It is a fantastic sketch of physiology class of ghouls, the "limp one" being what Is familiarly known in medical parlance as a stiff." A number of "little moonbeams" are permitted to creep into the room and they form the medium through which the story is told. The style of the sketch is that of one of Anderson's fairy stories with a lack of the latter's delicacy of expression, one noticeable defect being the constant repetition of the expression "little moonbeams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 5/23/1891 | See Source »

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