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Word: sneak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Baseman Ed Stanky. Leo Durocher seemed principally pleased to get Stanky, who had played for him in Brooklyn. Said the Lip: "Stanky'll drive the pitcher daffy. He'll drop his bat on the catcher's corns. He'll sit on you at second base, sneak a pull at your shirt, step on you, louse you up some way-anything to beat you." Stanky spoke Durocher's language...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Incompatibles | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...Yardlings, who also played Williams, were more fortunate in maintaining their undefeated record, managing to sneak through on a one game margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Men Bow To Williams, 6-3; '53 Triumph, 5-4 | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

...they snarled traffic with their jalopies, peddled tickets to pedestrians and motorists. Each afternoon they had a six-piece band jiving in front of the Book Nook store. Covering every angle, they even patched the hole in the stadium fence so that grade-school kids could no longer sneak in free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Will to Win | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...Brown seemed to take everyone by surprise. Joe Paterno's short pass to Frank Mahoney and his long one to Chuck Nelson covered 67 yards altogether, and it was a simple thing for Paterno to sneak over from the three-yard line...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Early Brown Score Sets Victory Pattern | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...Crimson's second score came four and a half minutes later. Jack Carman, up from the Jayvees for this game, blocked an Army punt on the visitors' 24. Four runs by West, a pass from Lowenstein to West--good for ten yards to the one--and another sneak by Henry produced a score at 3:24 of the fourth period. Walsh again converted...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Hard-Hitting Army Team Mauls Varsity, 54-14; Score Is Highest Ever Piled Up Against Crimson | 10/16/1949 | See Source »

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