Word: amateurish
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Clipper pronounces the Yale-Princeton game of Tuesday amateurish in all save the pitching. It now calls Yale's fielding far inferior to that of Princeton. This, indeed, seems to be the general opinion of outside papers. - [New Haven Union...
...Jove, you know, what - aw - bad pun, Chalky," exclaimed Sir Philip. "Let us have some cold tea - aw - and a new deal. My deal, you know." He dealt, and I regret to say, stacked the cards in a painfully amateurish way. I could tell what he was at all across the table. He produced two aces from his sleeve, too, but made a mistake in his deal, as he soon discovered...