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  • adverb In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates; disapprovingly; deprecatingly.

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  • adverb in a deprecative manner

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  • The Oxford English Dictionary, as Thomas Barthel’s Baseball Barnstorming and Exhibition Games, 1901–1962 points out, defines barnstorming as being applied “deprecatively to a strolling player.”

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  • The Oxford English Dictionary, as Thomas Barthel’s Baseball Barnstorming and Exhibition Games, 1901–1962 points out, defines barnstorming as being applied “deprecatively to a strolling player.”

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • The Oxford English Dictionary, as Thomas Barthel’s Baseball Barnstorming and Exhibition Games, 1901–1962 points out, defines barnstorming as being applied “deprecatively to a strolling player.”

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • The Oxford English Dictionary, as Thomas Barthel’s Baseball Barnstorming and Exhibition Games, 1901–1962 points out, defines barnstorming as being applied “deprecatively to a strolling player.”

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

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