Word: nip
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Louisville, Ky., Alfred Ormes, Hallowe'en apple bobber, took a fierce nip fr? a large apple, dislocated both jaws...
...Charged water, sarsaparilla, ginger ale, root beer, "Kentucky nip") Net profit...
...nip-and-tuck game throughout. Harvard took a slight lead at the start but lost it soon after when Colestock, the Navy star, went on a scoring orgy and tallied 12 points inside of ten minutes. During this time Harvard scored only five points. The score at the end of the first half was 22 to 17 in favor of Navy...
...attached along the bed to prevent just such an accident. . . . "The slant of the boat was so great that the electric refrigerator refused to work and we were obliged to salt down the meat in order to keep it from spoiling." She told about two wire-haired fox terriers: "Nip developed sea-legs very soon, but Tuck took some time to acclimate himself. By the time the storm was over, however, both had become regular seadogs. Tuck still objected to the slant of the deck, but recovered sufficiently to have a tug of war with the mainsheet. Nip seemed worried...
After so wanton a scurrility the arrest of Editor Maresch was inevitable: but he gave further provocation by declaring: "The efficiency of the police of Prague would be increased if each policeman took an occasional nip of spirits...