Word: thonged
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...distance of fifty feet, so that they must have expected them to jump that far. After the leaping came the javelin throwing, in which the object was distance, not accuracy in hitting a certain mark. The javelin was light, and had no head, and was thrown by a thong. In this event the three men who made the shortest throws were dropped out. Next the foot race was held; this was the most primitive of all the contests, and for a long time was the only event at the Olympic games. From this fact came the custom of naming...