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Word: oarsman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pulled an A in Elizabethan literature, but he wasn't much of a student. One thing he did enjoy was rowing. His crew was good enough to row at Poughkeepsie; but his career as an oarsman ended abruptly when he hurt his spine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Leading Man | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...future, any 150-pound oarsman who wins a minor H for three consecutive years will receive a major letter the third season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150-lb. Crew Will Get Major Letter Awards | 10/8/1947 | See Source »

...third of the four heats, a promising oarsman named Chenery jumped to an early lead and looked like a sure thing--good form, plenty of wind, oarblades flashing--until a gay Charles River excursion boat loomed directly in his path. As he scrambled out of the way, Bruce Preston and Dick Schaal chunked swiftly by to cross the finish line in a dead heat...

Author: By Richard A. Green, | Title: Sculling Trialists Bested by Excursion Boat and Bridge | 8/15/1947 | See Source »

Dowd will doff his clerk-of-course appellation to challenge Day on the strength of his runner-up position last summer in a close meeting with Day as a lightweight oarsman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 43 Enter Summer Sculling Regatta | 8/8/1947 | See Source »

Haines added that the oarsman would be lucky to graduate from a wherry in less than 20 to 25 rows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Haines Has Quiet Summer; Singles Take Over at Weld | 7/22/1947 | See Source »

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