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If not, here's a statistical incentive for the permanently becapped tactician: only three managers in the entire history of the FA Cup or at least as far back as I can reasonably be expected to check, which is 40 years have lifted the trophy without a suit on.
Vote for winners in sharp suits, not the wishy-washy alternative | Simon Burnton 2011
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Theodosia Baxter, in a big house, alone; now this becapped and pink-cheeked Theodosia in a house with a baby!
Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings Annie Hamilton Donnell
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Such an opportunity to talk unionism was not to be lost, so Nellie unceremoniously dropped her conversation with Ned and enquired, as before stated, into the becapped girl's hours.
The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel John Maurice Miller
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With a glance back at the foe, they ran up the steps and rang the bell persistently until a becapped, flustered servant opened the door.
A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Herman Gastrell Seely
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The wild ride of a becapped and haloed little celestial in goggles would be an adventure!
Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings Annie Hamilton Donnell
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The door was opened by a becapped maid, and Hamilton was shown into a handsomely furnished drawing room.
The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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The present horror of anything elderly comes, probably, from the fact that the preceding generation went to the other extreme, young women retiring at forty into becapped old age.
The Ways of Men Eliot Gregory 1884
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"Here are other Hessian pigs who've drunk more than they've bled," he sneered, as he tossed back the counterpane and blankets with his sword-point, thus uncovering three becapped heads, from each of which issued a scream, while three pairs of hands wildly clutched the covering.
Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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It required more than one repetition of the blows to rouse an indweller, but finally a window was enough raised to permit the thrusting out of a becapped head.
Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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But not nearly as late and glorious as becapped 800m genius Dave Wottle at the 1972 Olympics
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