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Word: romp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...film is packed with memorable moments: Toad chugging about on his rump in delirious imitation of a motorcar; his flight from jail through a dark blue night stitched red with running gunfire; the defeat of the thieving weasels in the epochal battle of Toad Hall. This lighthearted, fast-moving romp has inspired some of Disney's most inventive draftsmanship and satire-in the crotchets of Toad and his loyal friends, Rat, Mole, MacBadger and Cyril the horse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Pictures | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

...Rugby Club really wants to win this one. Consequently, no slightly injured players took the field in last Saturday's romp over MIT and there were four three hour practice sessions before the team left for Princeton by car yesterday morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Journey To Jersey for Last Try at Princeton | 5/7/1949 | See Source »

Jerry Kilty, remembered for his Falstaff of last year, is back once again with a "tolerable deal of sack" by his side, and, of course, the combination is infallibly amusing. He plays Stephano, and is very ably matched by the Trinculo of David Andrews.' Together, the two romp and stomp about the stage, like two mad clowns--or is it two children inebriated only with springtime--and when joined with Caliban, it's a real howl...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Playgoer | 5/6/1949 | See Source »

Contrary to an article in Life magazine last spring, the Rugby Club will have considerably more to do than romp around at beach parties. The schedule for the Bermuda Week does list a few parties on the sands, but during the week Callahan's players will meet Princeton, Yale, and experienced squads from the Royal Navy, the Bermuda AA, and the British Army...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugger Team Prepares for Bermuda Trip | 3/25/1949 | See Source »

...Allen. Last week, filling in for vacationing Columnist John Crosby of the N.Y. Herald Tribune, Allen struck some ambiguous blows in radio's defense, managing at the same time to get a few elbow-jabs and nose-rubs into radio's face. Sample Allen opinions of the "romp, revel and enlightening fare" that packs the average radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Foal the Drab | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

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