Word: thous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...likewise there stand the Riders; and thou shalt know them by their exceeding hunger and by their legs, which go only a short way before touching the ground; but thous shalt heed them...
Beginning April 1, the hunched figure, murmuring "bound hands," "pin cheat," and keeping his score in "thous" will be a thing of the past...
...this sport, an entire lexicon of terms has developed, based on local personalities and applicable imagery. General talk ranges from "pin cheat" (one who tilts the board) to the conventional club greeting: "How's your pinmanship?" Nickels are "legal tender" or "apaches"; quarters are "shingles." Scores are kept in "thous," and an especially unbeatable machine is a "Gottlieb masterpiece," named after the manufacturer...