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Word: whirligig (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Black Bill bobbed smartly, threw a left hook, a straight right, flew off the ropes like a whirligig. Midget Wolgast danced round him in circles from left to right, his left hook working like the plunger of a sewing machine, his long hair flying. Every three or four rounds of the 15 that kept the crowd roaring, the Midget showed a new trick: breaking a wild flurry he would stand stock still, holding his left hand high until Black Bill led at it, then whacking his right across; he caught Bill in the air coming off the ropes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wolgast v. Bill | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

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