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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1660: in C18, coll.; thereafter S.E.~—2. A crowded house: theatrical (1839,
Dickens).—3. Anything very large: coll.: from ca. 1859. Cf. corker, thumper,
whdcker, whopper. OED.-4. A bumping race: Oxford and Cambridge Universities':
1910.
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The History of Sport in Britain, 1880-1914: Sport, ...
There is something beyond that in a bumping race which makes it, I think, the
highest form of manly excitement and emulation. The reward of victory is
immediate and tangible : your crew rises a place in the rowing scale, and is
inspired for ...
3
The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University
Bumping ...
The concept of a bumping race evolved at Oxford in the early years of the
nineteenth century. On a narrow river it is not possible to row two (or more) boats
abreast as with any other 'normal' race. Instead boats line up one in front of each
other ...
John Durack, George Gilbert, John Marks, 2000
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Hong Kong Metamorphosis
The scene on the river during the few seconds before start of a bumping race is
breathtaking. Sixteen boats are pushed out from the bank in dead silence, broken
only by the coaches counting down the seconds. The boatmen using their long ...
THE CAMERA OVERSEAS: the English row a bumping race 'World's greatest
plowman" was what English newspapers called John Ogbourne,. The WOrSt
CreWmen at Oxford University tried to improve themselves on the Isis River Feb.
18.
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The Chambers Dictionary
n bump er any thing or person that bumps; a bar on the front and back of a motor
vehicle to lessen the shock of collision; a railway buffer ( US); a pad fitted round
the inside of a cot to stop a baby bumping himself or herself; a bumping race; ...
There in lovely surroundings we went through our performance with true
schoolboy solemnity, made speeches and drank healths, in imitation of our
elders,—and so home for Call-over and the bumping-race after tea. Truth forbids
me to ...
William Emerton Heitland, 2013
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History of British Boating and Rowing
-J Starting the Eights, Old \ jW Dadd ,,40 Course, Heni.ey . . J Coaching
University Crew. Frank Dadd . . „ 68 Embarking .... Frank Dadd . ,,84 Pair Oars—
Imminent Foul . Frank Dadd . . „ 124 Bumping Race-Waiting From a photograph .
„ 170 the ...
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Concise English Dictionary
n. bumper anything or person that bumps: a bar on a motor-car to lessen the
shock of collision: a railway buffer (US): a bumping race: a cup or glass filled to
the brim for drinking a toast: anything large or generous in measure: a crowded
house ...
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Sailing, Seamanship and Yacht Construction
If the boat astern is attacking him he is fighting a rearguard action, and if the boat
he is engaged with is ahead, he is the attacker, and as in a bumping race, he
finds himself going into first place, boat by boat, or dropping astern boat by boat.
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Wear the willow or catch a crab at Cambridge Bumps
The bumping race concept is fairly simple. Boats containing eight crew are lined up along the river about a boat length and a half behind each ... «Reuters UK, Jul 08»
