Word: pinching
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...pinch of bicarbonate of soda brings a good, foamy head to a glass of beer; dry ice makes coffee or tea appear to steam and causes pretty suds in a pail of soap powder solution...
Only in the matter of handkerchiefs were London's arbiters of gentlemanly elegance inclined to be lenient. Of course two handkerchiefs a day ("one to show, one to blow") was still the ironclad rule, but in a pinch, Savile Row's spokesmen agreed, a hard-pressed gentleman might be forgiven for using yesterday's shower for today's blower...
...looked like more trouble in the last of the ninth as the Cadets kept fighting. With no outs, Blaik doubled, and advanced to third on pinch-hitter Mackmull's infield out. Leadoff batter Stuff then caught one of Godin's fast balls on the nose, and it looked like the game would be tied until Huntington leaped high in the air and pulled down the smash. he stepped on third for the final out of the game...
Spider Webb was the winning pitcher, having relieved starter Ira God in, who departed for a pinch hitter on the short end of a 2 to 0 score in the sixth inning. Webb was soon given a 4 to 2 lead, but gradually grew more and more ineffective until M.I.T. finally caught up with him in the ninth...
Setting the stage for White's blast in the tenth was a pinch hit safety by Gordon Ellis, a sacrifice by Foynes, a wild pitch which moved the runner to third, and a walk to Caulfield...