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Word: staunchest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have faced these odds bravely. On this account we are convinced that staunch support is due the team,-a support which is not frightened by defeats; and it is with genuine pleasure that we not and shall note every good showing which the nine makes. And yet even the staunchest supporter must have come near despair after Saturday's game. The playing was undeniably wretched. Not only were the men weak at the bat and unsteady in the field, but, worst of all, they gave no indication by their head-work that they had ever played an intercollegiate game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/28/1894 | See Source »

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