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Word: musketmen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...book, nothing is too difficult. Their outfielders make octopus catches, pick off base runners with the cool precision of anti-aircraft guns. Their runners can beat out any bunt, are shamefaced if they can't make third from first on an outfield single. Last week these scooping, swooping musketmen upset Yankee morale. In the first game of the Series, with Old Reliable Red Ruffing only four putouts away from a no-hitter, they staged a rally that scored four runs, sent Ruff to the showers and nearly stole the ball game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Kids | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

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