Word: squeaker
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...again Coach Robert Pickett of the Freshman Lacrosse team is faced with the age-old problem: that is, building a winning team out of players, the majority of whom have never seen a lacrosse stick before. To date, Pickett's warriors have a .500 record; but a 7-6 squeaker over MIT cannot offset a 20-1 holocaust at the hands of a powerful Deerfield Academy team...
Barker stopped arguing. He came of intelligent stock (Old English sheepdog) but had a one-track mind. He was not as sharp, for instance, as Squeaker, who could discuss philology and human nature. But Squeaker was a rat, which makes a big difference...
...animals in Forrest Reid's books talk like Barker and Squeaker. Unlike their counterparts in The Wind in the Willows, they must have a human being around to put words into their mouths. This human being must be young, honest and gifted with an extra sense, like little Tom Barber. He must see the world as Tom sees it-as a place where magic abounds...
...Barber stands at the opposite pole from Huckleberry Finn or David Copperfield, and it may strike some people as more precious than priceless. But the reader can justly tell Author Reid, in the words of Squeaker, the learned rat: "It's universally granted that you're a most agreeable little boy-much above the average...
...those days The Mouse was a skinny little squeaker with matchstick legs, shoebutton eyes and a long, pointy nose. His teeth were sharp and fierce when he laughed, more like a real mouse's than they are today, and he staggered stiffly through the hasty animation. He had the same tiny, squeaky voice, however; usually, Walt himself speaks Mickey's lines...