Word: tossings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time. Considerable research last week revealed the meaning: "a profligate American." Origin: when U.S. troops first arrived at the base with pocketfuls of pay-day rupees, they hired tongas for sightseeing; at the end of a ride, after being told that the price was two rupees, the Americans would toss a ten-rupee note (about $3) to the tongawalla, remarking: "Damn cheap...
With three minutes left, Bill Logan, Princeton coach, threw his reserves into the game. The subs managed one two-pointer and a foul while Dan Shields was converting a free toss for the Crimson. Palmer tallied 18 points to remain in the running for League scoring honors...
...longboats came into shallow water the fire increased. Bullets ricocheted off the water with angry whines. "Toss out grenades," shouted an instructor. Grenades lobbed out, boomed dully, throwing up geysers that broke over the boats...
Then Hennessey, pressing in the man-to-man defense, fouled Jackie Welsh. The Penn guard missed his charity toss, the Crimson took the ball off the boards, and kept it the rest...
...there had been a plot, and if Betty Grable and John Payne could do some thing more than look like Mr. and Mrs. Superman, "Springtime In the Rockies" might have been something more than a hot trumpet solo by Harry James in technicolor. But you can't toss off Carmen Miranda, as much the gleeful eyeful as ever, whose antics are as refreshing as a Navy Smoker...