Word: cranks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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YESTERDAY Rattle hired the steam launch at the Riverside Recreation Grounds. In trying to run the engine he scalded his face, burnt his hand and jammed his toe in the crank shaft. He says he never before realized the dangers of the naval militia...
...early life of Columbus there are no promises of genius about which so much has been said by some writers. He was what we would call today, a nautical and geographical crank, and it was mainly his own imperfections as a man which stood in the way of his early success...