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Word: moaner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hampered by injuries for the past two seasons, Maris was scarcely surprised. "I can't complain," he shrugged-but neither could the Yankees. Maris's salary was $75,000 a year, and Smith's is $20,000. When somebody mentioned that Smith, like Maris, is a "moaner," one of the Yankee brass cracked: "Sure, he is. But he moans in a lower bracket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Down Go the Mighty | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

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