Word: tip
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...drive so fast, or we shall tip over again." So, nothing loath, I let the mare go her own gait. It took us a good half-hour to get home...
...slang : "Cork," - flunk; "Tip a curl" - make a dead rush; "Take a calico ticket," - devote too much attention to snab; "On Dike," - quite the dear George...
...throw, but was caught while too ambitiously trying to steal third. Carter got first on a pardonable error of Thayer's, but his good fortune availed him nothing as the next strikers retired on good catches by Dow. The special features of the seventh inning were a pretty foul tip catch off Leeds's bat, and a good fly taken by Sawyer...
...Nines retired in striking order for the first two innings, three of the Manchesters falling victims to Tyng and three to Wright. Blogg made three brilliant fly-catches at centre field. Wright led off with a base hit in the third, but was doubled up on Dow's foul tip to Carl, and the latter's good throw to Cogswell. Tyng, after two men were out, gave Mincher his base on strikes. Say sent him to second by a high fly to Dow, who, being unable to see the ball on account of the sun, allowed it to drop...
...Nine has played this season. Their batting record was good and the fielding fair, considering that they played against a professional club. Dwyer, '77, was tried behind the bat, and up to the fourth inning he caught very well, but, being struck in the temple by a foul tip, he was obliged to retire, and Thatcher caught during the rest of the game. The score is as follows...