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[US] Baseball Digest Feb. 8/1: Curt heard via the jungle telegraph system that he might be sprung in time for the opening of the baseball season.
at jungle telegraph (n.) under jungle, n.
[US] Baseball Digest XVIII:2 52/1: Flakey: origin is unknown, but it has replaced wacky, squirrely and the like in the ‘inside’ vocabulary.
at flaky, adj.
[US] Baseball Digest May 58: This whackiness, intended or otherwise, has helped the baseball fan not only to survive but to keep coming back despite awesome obstacles and deterrents.
at whackiness (n.) under whacky, adj.
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