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Word: wardens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...horse bettor, dog racing is evidence that man will bet on anything that moves-be it kangaroos, chimpanzees or jumping frogs. Certainly a dog track is no place to admire the look of a dog: his face is wrapped in a muzzle that looks something like an air-raid warden's mask. But dog racing is an $81 million-a-year business in Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dogs after Dark | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Deer hunters blunderbuss their way through the woods these days bagging an occasional stag, a whiskey flask, and if lucky, a good-natured game warden. But now that athletics have moved indoors, the green felt of the amateur croupier slowly substitutes for the paler verdure of the gridiron, and cards again become the preoccupation of informal undergraduate sports...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...backfield are some of the best runners to grace the Freshman ranks in a long time. John West, John White, Carl Bottenfield and Jim Lowell make up the first string but Ed Stearns, Phil Isenberg, Bob Diblasio and Dave Warden, to mention only a few, see almost as much action...

Author: By Rafael M. Steinberg, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/15/1947 | See Source »

...called after William A. Spooner, (1844-1930), onetime Warden of New College, Oxford, who is credited with scores of mixed-up quotations (mostly legendary), including the granddaddy of all Spoonerisms: "Mardon me, padam, but I think you are occupewing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Backnagle's Stoop | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

...Freshman starting lineup: le, Bender; it, Kristopick; lg, Coyne; c. Butler; rg, Rosenau; rt, Callahan (capt.); re, Hyde; qb, Lowell; lhb, Warden; rhb, West; fb, White...

Author: By Rafael M. Steinberg, | Title: Freshman Running Attack Swamps Exeter 28-6 as Quartet of Backs Score | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

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