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Word: pinpointing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...away. Some one had come and lined the field with white tape from deep outfield to home plate, where excited people stood waving rags, towels and handkerchiefs. If you watched closely, you would suddenly see flights of shadows whiz in from the outfield. They were spidery little animals with pinpoint noses, whittled bodies, pipestem legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Canine Carnival | 5/24/1926 | See Source »

...draw her out into some statement that could be revamped as "copy." With incisive, feminine neatness she ordered her trunks unpacked, and though no prying reporter saw, her U. S. friends well knew that there came forth: a Paris wardrobe (all in petite sizes) impeccable to the finest pinpoint; skins of wild Colorado animals (to establish beyond peradventure her origin); riding habits (she is an expert horsewoman) ; perhaps a ravishing orange skin-tight swimming costume (it was seen many a time last summer in the tank of the Wardman Park Hotel, Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Consul Field | 1/25/1926 | See Source »

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