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Word: palooka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Today's game is really what I am here to tell you about, and believe me it is no easy job. As a matter of fact I might say that after my national success of last week on a bunch of games which almost any palooka who wasn't a sports writer could have predicted, I stand in a rather precarious position: It's not that I don't know what will happen; it's simply that I hate to dish old friends like Arnie Horween and Mal Stevens. Now these--two boys seem to think that if I would...

Author: By Dr. HU Flung huey, | Title: HUEY TURNS GREEK WITH DELPHIC STATEMENT ON TODAY'S GRIDIRON TILT | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

Died. John White ("Con") Conway, 42, dramatic critic of Variety, famed Manhattan theatrical trade weekly, inventor of many Broadway colloquialisms ("clicked," "pushover," "palooka"); from a heart attack, near Hamilton, Bermuda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 15, 1928 | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

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