Word: lingo
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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Died. Levi Lingo Rue, 70, famed retired board chairman of Philadelphia bank; of heart disease; in Philadelphia...
Some of the terms of rugby are similar to those of football, while others, with similar names, have special meanings. Below are listed definitions of the commoner terms of rugby lingo: a "fair-catch" is a catch made direct from a kick or throw forward (knock-on) by one of the opposing side. The catcher must immediately claim the same by making a mark with his heel at the spot where he made the catch. A "goal" is obtained by kicking the ball over the opponents' cross bar, from the field-of-play by any kick or drop kick except...
...rich variety of also fronts. Around Cambridge certain students quickly assimilate a so-called Harvard accent along with class banners and Veritas shields. This dialect fortunately has no such widespread influence as the Oxonian, yet it does serve to stamp some Harvard men from Tampico to Timbuctoo. While the lingo of a telephone girl often prevents one from making embarrassing remarks to the wrong person, the Harvard accent has no significance beyond indicating that its possessor has got the wrong number...