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[US] Sports Illus. 3 1-12 11: I’m going to be on you club owners [...] like gravy on rice.
at like white on rice under rice, n.
[US] in Sports Illus. 3 Dec. in Davis (ed) Permanent Wave 217: ‘Not much money down in Brawley, but we have some kind of time’.
at time, n.
[US] in Sports Illus. 3 Dec. in Davis (ed) Land of the Permanent Wave 215: ‘When I can’t reach down and pull up a bunch of want-to out of myself, I’ll know it’s time to quit’.
at want-to, n.
[US] in Sports Illus. 15 Apr. in Davis (ed) Permanent Wave 221: ‘I can’t say I’m an expert whitewater canoeist. It’s by guess and by God with me’.
at by guess and by God under guess, n.
[US] Sports Illus. 11 Feb. 14: He is responsible for the ‘honey shots’ during ABC telecasts of college football games.
at honey, n.1
[US] Sports Illus. 28 Sept. n.p.: Cornell players are a bunch of love muffins [HDAS].
at love muffin (n.) under love, n.
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