The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
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nickname. Yale University; a Yale student; a Yale sports team US, 1879 He starred for the Eli hockey, baseball, and football teams and was captain of the skaters in 1926¥27. ¦ Daniel K. Fleschner, Bulldogs on Ice, p. 16, 2003 Eli Lilly ...