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Word: wobbler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cartoon cop, Fearless Fosdick, accusing him of "playing loose with law and order." Humphrey, in fact, seems determined to personalize the campaign as much as possible by drawing Nixon into direct combat. Last week he charged Nixon with "demagoguery," declaring: "The country doesn't need a wiggler and wobbler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: LURCHING OFF TO A SHAKY START | 9/20/1968 | See Source »

...Bear wasn't ready to roll over yet. On the first play from scrimmage, quarterback Hal Phillips pitched to former quarterback Mike Maznicki who stole Hornblower's thunder by flipping a 32 yard wobbler to split end Greg Kontos...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Crimson Eleven Beats Bruins, 21-6 | 11/20/1967 | See Source »

...good second quarter, scoring two touchdowns and a field goal. On the second play of the period Penn kicked to midfield, where quarterback Mike Bassett began a seven play drive that advanced the ball to the Penn 18. From there, Ward kicked his field goal, a low wobbler which barely cleared the cross...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Crimson Tops Penn In 37-6 Shellacking | 11/6/1961 | See Source »

...Awed Wobbler. His interest in music started early (piano) and continued through the rest of Mencken's life; once a week he played with the Saturday Night Club, a group of Baltimore amateurs and professionals who met to drink beer and wobble through everything from Funiculi, Funiculo to the Brahms Second Symphony. Mencken's writings on music, which appeared in his newspaper columns and in the two magazines he edited (Smart Set and American Mercury), show neither the musical erudition of Britain's Ernest Newman nor the impeccable taste of that other musical iconoclast, George Bernard Shaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Great American Goth | 9/29/1961 | See Source »

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