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Word: sharpeners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...H.O.C. will prepare for this jaunt this weekend when members sharpen up on Mount Washington...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Improvements Beckon Skiers to Distant Hills | 12/12/1950 | See Source »

Jordan said after practice that he was spending more time on offense this week in an effort to sharpen up the Crimson's ground and air game, which has been spotty in the two contests played thus far. He commented that the varsity did not control the ball enough against Cornell and Columbia to get its attack working smoothly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eleven Works On Pass Plays In Long Drill | 10/19/1950 | See Source »

...Edith Sitwell, poetess of Britain's famed Sitwell clan, explained why critic-baiting was her favorite sport: "I can't resist sharpening my wits on a wooden head any more than a cat not sharpen his claws on a table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Speaking Up | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

...always just in advance." What is the novelist's-or any writer's-object? "To whittle down his meaning to the exactest and finest possible point. What, of course, is fatal is when he does not know what he does mean: he has no point to sharpen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kind Lady | 7/31/1950 | See Source »

...lineup for the regular team right now is not finished business, by any means. What little practice time remains will loosen some swings and sharpen some eyes, but it will not guarantee any man a place on the squad...

Author: By Albert J. Feldman, | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/30/1950 | See Source »

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