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Word: sweatshirt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dooley. He gave up his untidy house in town, moved out to a country home near Stamford, Conn. There he clothed his immensity in a pair of frayed trousers and a sweatshirt. But he remained a member of Manhattan's exclusive Racquet & Tennis Club, wore costly suits made by a Fifth Avenue tailor when he went to town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Last Column | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...launched an acid personal attack on the leaders of the H.A.A., Harlow and Bingham especially. In fact, a typical mid-season bout of asparagus-throwing has followed Saturday's game. Some carping alumni are even criticizing the spirit of the players, and yelling for Harlow to turn in his sweatshirt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STALKING THE TIGER | 11/1/1939 | See Source »

...candidate for the "funny" magazine, stood around the outskirts of the group shortly after he had been subjected to a drop-kick which he admitted "lifted me right off my feet." While he attempted to calm his ruffled feelings, two exceedingly ominous looking gentlemen, attired in sweatshirts, their swarthy jowls covered with a wiry bristle, silently converged on him. For a moment the three stood watching the milling students and Storm Troopers with a jaundiced eye. Finally the one in the larger sweatshirt leaned over to the Councilman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 10/21/1938 | See Source »

...game over, he grabbed his sweatshirt off the floor, brushed ahead of several less cager exercisers to be the first to get a drink at the fountain, and vanished in a flurry of propelling hands and legs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 4/17/1937 | See Source »

Last summer, for the first time, she entered the Women's National partly because it was being played over her home course, Interlachen. Reporters were amazed by Patty's earnestness, her freckles, her costume of a boy's sweatshirt and the assurance with which, though she weighs only 110 and is just over 5 ft., she consistently drove 200 yards. Patty Berg amazed them further by beating five opponents in a row. In the final, she played Mrs. Vare. The match appeared to be over when "Glenna" was 4 up with six holes left to play. Patty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Patty | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

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