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Word: worm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ryan, Miss Mary K. Browne, Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mailory , Miss Eleanor Goss, Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup-entered the Metropolitan Women's Turf Court Championship, strode through to the round before the semi-final without defeat. Then Miss Goss, placed at No. 4 in the National ranking, was the worm that turned against Miss Mary K. Browne, No. 2, brought her down, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Miss Wills sprang to revenge her doubles partner, handily defeated Miss Goss, 6-1, 6-2. Then occurred another upset. Miss Ryan was sorry-it was the heat or something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Aug. 17, 1925 | 8/17/1925 | See Source »

...FALL GUY- Again the turning worm-this time a futile little chap with a family and a genius for losing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: The Best Plays: Jul. 13, 1925 | 7/13/1925 | See Source »

French Champion. At Chantilly, France, A. M. Vagliano dug his ball out of the cuppy, sandy lies; kept it out of the briars and birchwoods along the boundaries; evaded the gullies near the clubhouse; holed his putts on the bleached, worm-ridden greens. Against him played strapping André Gobert, onetime French Davis Cup (tennis) player. André is a newcomer to golf, stiff of wrist, mathematical with his backswing, monstrously strong at long shots; but he needs his gracious, white- toothed smile for such opponents as Monsieur Vagliano. The latter vanquished André, 6 and 4 in 36 holes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Jul. 13, 1925 | 7/13/1925 | See Source »

...FALL GUY-Ernest Truex as the turning worm in a middle-class comedy that is first-class entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Jul. 6, 1925 | 7/6/1925 | See Source »

...FALL GUY?Fussy little worm in a cheap Harlem flat who turns to sting the crook trying to step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Jun. 15, 1925 | 6/15/1925 | See Source »

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