Word: socking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...backpacks of mules in the U.S. Southwest. "I'll have your guts for garters!" a military expression, can be found in Robert Greene's 16th century The Scottish History of James the Fourth, Act III, Scene 2: "I'll make garters of thy guts, thou villain." "Sock it to me," of disc jockey notoriety, can be found as far back as Mark Twain: "In chapter 33 of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, the Yankee, who is, naturally, the narrator, gets into a sociological argument with the smith and says...
...Lions are in first place for the first time since 1970, riding high on 3-1 and 4-2 wins over Harvard and Penn, respectively. Quick scoring forward Shahin Shayan and Fred Sock, along with playmaker Ed Triana and Olympic second team goalie John McElaney, lead the rejuvenated Columbia squad...
Enter Shayan. At 61:21, he beat Herold with his low blast off the inside of the post. Just seven minutes later, after yet another Herold save on a Sock breakaway, Shayan sealed the game's outcome with an easy tap-in on passes from Sock and Ed Trian...
When Herold stopped a Sock breakaway with a Bernie Parent-like kick save early in the second half, it looked as if coach George Ford's defensive alignment (three forward, three midfielders, four fullbacks) just might be able to contain the Lions...
...final analysis, though, it may have been too much to expect a defensive line with no varsity experience to contain the likes of Shayan, Sock and Triana...