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Word: tripper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...remainder of Harvard's runs came with a homer to right field by Billy Fitz, his first hit in his Varsity career, and another round-tripper by Jim Gallagher after Bill Barnes had tripled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Slips in Last Two Frames, Bows to Army 7-6 | 7/22/1942 | See Source »

...second trip, in 1936, Pallis still bowed politely to a few peaks; but by that time he was far more interested in Tibetan art and in the mysteries of Tibetan Buddhism. No insulated tripper but a careful student of language and custom, he visited one Buddhist monastery after another in the borderland provinces of Sikkim and Ladak, seeking always Lamas, teachers, of the utmost excellence, and bringing always the conventional offering: unmounted precious stones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: British Buddhist | 7/29/1940 | See Source »

...crack of a homer only did so because they ran out of peanuts and wanted attention for more, and bush league hitters suffered painful gastronomic ailments from trying to keep up with a breakfast food company which offered, a case of wunchy-munchies for every round-tripper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WATCH THAT ARM, MR. ROOSEVELT | 4/16/1940 | See Source »

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