Word: tippet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tumult of busy workers! The Silphae,* with wing cases wide and dark, as though in mourning, flee distraught, hiding in the cracks in the soil; the Saprini,* of polished ebony which mirrors the sunlight, jog hastily off, deserting their workshop; the Dermestes,* of whom one wears a fawn-colored tippet flecked with white, seek to fly away, but, tipsy with the putrid nectar, tumble over and reveal the immaculate whiteness of their bellies, which forms a violent contrast with the gloom of the rest of their attire...
...otherwise tight ball game. With two down in the seventh, an Ell runner in an second, and the Crimson ahead 3 to 2, a conference between pitcher Johnny Hansen, Coach Moe Berg, and catcher Frank Crosby decided that it was the better part of something to walk second baseman Tippet for a crack at Nadherny. The Bull tagged the first pitch to deep right-center for a line triple and the ball game. According to Crosby, Tippet was a great hitter at Andover...