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Word: muffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...Frisbee so hard, or on so tricky a trajectory, that no opponent can make a clean one-handed grab. It sounds easy, but catching the acrobatic platter can be as difficult as catching Vida Blue fastballs without a glove. Points are awarded to the throwing team if the receivers muff a catch, and to the receiving team if a throw goes too wide or too high. The first team to score 21 points wins. Desperate lunges, volleyball-style tips to keep the darting disk in play, skinned knees, mashed fingers and bloody noses are all part of the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Flipped Disks | 7/17/1972 | See Source »

Mouchette Harvard Epworth Church. 7, April 13, $1. Machorka - Muff With Not Reconcile, The Bridegroom and The Comedienne and The Pimp. 7, April 16. Free, Une Femme Douce by Robert Bresson. 7, April 20. Tauw by Ousmane Sembene with Walkover by Jerzy Skolimowski. 7, April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 4/13/1972 | See Source »

...MUFF WINTER...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Marshal Candidates | 10/26/1971 | See Source »

...matter how well Fitzsimmons plays, however, Yale must improve on its ability to score. The Blue lacks a threatening power play and has shown a tendency to muff even easy shots on goal...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Skaters Play Against Yale In Game At Boston Garden | 3/7/1970 | See Source »

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