Word: gopher
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Minnesota's Gophers play host to the Crimson on the nights of December 29 and 20 in Minneapolis. With ten returning lettermen, a senior transfer star, and their own rink for the first time in 29 years, the Gophers will afford stiff competition. Former Chicago Blackhawiks star center, Gopher Coach Dec Romnes will oppose former Bruin star Weiland again. Last year the Gophers won only five out of 16 games...
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California. Pasadena cops writing an examination for sergeant's ratings found themselves unable to define such low-down underworld terms as gopher (safeblower), third rail (incorruptible official), derrick (shoplifter) and kite (a letter sneaked past the warden). Crooks don't talk that way in Pasadena, they complained. The chief of police agreed, ordered all "detective fiction crime terms" stricken from the exam. Said one cop who got a higher score than his mates: "I'd read a short story in the Saturday Evening Post the night before, so I knew most of the answers...