torpid
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Torpid delegates broke into a roar of delight.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Lent term Jack rowed six in our Torpid, and also told me that he thought he should try and get his blue for throwing the hammer.
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles
I stroked the Torpid and rowed three in my College Eight.
From The Summons by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
It is in practising for the Torpids that freshmen generally get their first experience of strict training, and for this reason there is no crew more difficult to train than a Torpid.
From Rowing by Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers
If Admiral Tirpitz torpedoed the Torpid with a torpedo, Where's the torpedo Admiral Tirpitz torped?
From Further Foolishness by Leacock, Stephen
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