Word: bumping
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...subject, and I understand there are some more in store for me, wretched one! Let it be understood, however, that "J. N. M." is by no means so ferocious as might be supposed from the warmth with which the controversy is conducted. So small is, in fact, his bump of pugnaciousness, that he would fain let the matter rest, but for the honor the president of the Christian Brethren did him in answering his remarks in person, and under his own signature. That this gentleman thought it necessary to come to the front, in spite of the dauntless onslaught...
...famous races for the "head of the river" usually take place during this month. The river is of course too narrow for more than two crews to row abreast, so, instead of such a race as our class races last Saturday, they are always "bumping races," as every one who remembers the account of the exciting contest described in "Tom Brown" will recall. The boats are placed in line, - the last a little above Iffley, - with a certain distance between them; at the signal, all start off, each trying to "bump" the boat ahead, before reaching the finish, which...