Word: rucking
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...they were down and out. Writing he found arduous; he got his nickname from the way he always signed a booky's ticket. He invented certain words which remained his own and did not become slang. When one of his friends died or a winner finished in the ruck, Nick would say, "He wiggled...
...Princeton and Pennsylvania and increased its lead as the three boats, black figurines, moved between green banks covered with shouting people, over water turned to a fire by the sunset, until at the finish Columbia was two and a half lengths ahead of Penn with Princeton back in the ruck...
...half mile, which promises to be the most bitterly fought struggle this afternoon, Watters of Harvard, Leness of M. I. T., and Martin of Dartmouth broke the tape in their respective qualifying heats. The Crimson star came out of the ruck on the home stretch to win handily in 1 minute 56 7-10 seconds just ahead of the fast coming Sober of City College of New York, and Boyden, Golden Bear half miler. In the second race, the Tech leader, Leness, won in slightly better time over McCloskey of Boston College and Richardson of Stanford. The Cardinal flash...
They were almost at the mile now; it was time for the lightning bay to make his bid. But what was this? Another colt, far back in the ruck, had begun to gain with an effortless, terrific stride, two jumps to one. Nobody could see the jockey's colors. Was this one of the unknowns - Light Carbine, Roy crofter? They came around the last corner into the homestretch; the strange horse wore E. R. Bradley's silks - he was Bagen-baggage, running-mate of Bubbling Over. Mr. W. R. Coe looked out, ashen-faced, from his box; Pompey...
...local young women, Miss Genevieve Parker, champion dog team driver, and Mrs. Emma Delavergne, wife of the Mayor. A beribboned bottle was broken against the nose of each machine, but the bottle did not contain champagne, which is a lost word in Alaska. The odor that came from the ruck of glass and red, white and blue silk was the odor of aviation gasoline, raw and pungent...