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...Webster defines "fud" as: 1) the buttocks; also, tail of a hare, cony, etc.; 2) woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy...
...machine-gunners opened fire. Nigelock's crew leaped for cover, but before the gunboat could close, a 4.5-in. shell whistled across her bow. H.M.S. Cockade had come racing to the rescue. The Nationalist gunboat, "suitably rebuked," as Cockade's offhand report put it, turned tail...
Winning the toss, Australia chose to bat first. In cricket, as in baseball, the best batsmen lead off the order. To England's joy, the Aussies' best were quickly put out. But then Australia's "tail wagged"; her weaker batsmen managed to build their team's total to a respectable 275 runs before their tenth and last wicket fell (i.e., the side was retired on the equivalent of three baseball outs). Then England batted, scoring 306 runs to gain a lead of 31 on the first of the match's two innings. On the third...
...craft that would ride as much on air as on water, yet be controllable. The result was Slo-Mo IV, which the Detroiters have now grudgingly copied; but, as this week's race proved, they have not yet caught up with Stan Sayres. Throwing up a saucy rooster tail of white spray as she churned round & round the 3¼-mile course, Slo-Mo IV rubbed the Detroit boats in her wake. Behind on only one lap of the three-heat, go-mile race, she racked up speed records for a single lap and a full heat. First owner...
...believe Mr. Thurber's friend [see cut] wears a wider smile and carries its tail at a jauntier angle because it has just discovered it is not herbivorous at all. It enjoyed its meal of Millmoss thoroughly...