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[US] D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 29: [T]he real danger in drinking came from using cheap, off-brand stuff.
at off-brand, adj.
[US] D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 285: Dom DiMaggio walked away from baseball cold when he felt that Lou Boudreau, the new Boston manager, had treated him with disrespect.
at cold, adv.
[US] D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 126: Our Guys were the regulars [...] Their Guys were in effect the tourists [...] who clearly did not know the drill.
at drill, the, n.
[US] D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 148: [H]is best pitch was his fastball, and he decided to go with it.
at go with, v.
[US] D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 1999: There were days when a pitcher simply didn’t have it, and the opposing players would virtually take batting practice.
at it, n.1
[US] D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 121: Reynolds [...] was a great money player and they needed a win badly.
at money, adj.
[US] D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 254: Newcombe’s dream as a boy was to drive a truck; that to him meant both freedom [...] and power—by double-clutching on one of those huge monsters.
at monster, n.
[US] D. Halberstam Summer of ’49 182: He watched expense accounts like a hawk. He was convinced that his scouts were padding them, which they probably were because they were wretchedly paid.
at pad (a bill) (v.) under pad, v.2
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