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Word: bonehead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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...Speaker was invoking an old rule which provides that a word or phrase once officially banned in parliamentary debate cannot be used again. As a result, no M.P. can call another a bonehead, windbag, twister or underfed dwarf, say he lacks guts or intestinal fortitude, describe his speech as ballyhoo, cant and humbug, or cheap and nasty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW ZEALAND: Piffle | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

...every play is dissected and graded by the coaching staff. Later, the players get their marks individually-and for each one a spot on next week's lineup is at stake. The grades range from 1 "for superb effort like a triple block," to 7 "for a bonehead play or a costly fumble." A grade of 4 is average. Against Cornell, Kazmaier had a "perfect" game; he never slipped below 4, and got three of the five ones the coaching staff gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No. 42 | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

Before Thomson came up in the ninth inning, he had already collected two hits, one of them a double. But he had also made two bonehead plays, one of which let in one run and kept the rally going in the Dodgers' big eighth inning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Relative Calm' Settles Over Gotham As Koslo and Reynolds Take Mound | 10/4/1951 | See Source »

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