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An athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport
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letterman
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A letterman , in U.S. activities/sports, is a high school or college student who has met a specified level of participation or performance on a varsity team .
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n. (context US English) A student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing.
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He created a body of work rich enough for the most prolific of careers and he packed in enough adventure for three lifetimes: getting onstage at fourteen, skipping college, gobbling up books, philosophies, films, music, carrying on hundreds of intense friendships, inspiring his peers, making his first appearance on Letterman at twenty-two, searching for UFOs, eating passionately, going vegan, drinking, smoking, tripping, getting sober at twenty-six, playing guitar, singing the blues, writing movies, and, through it all, crossing the country hundreds of times telling his truth.
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TV credits and though Bill had done Letterman, it was a long time ago.
So I fibbed to my boss that Bill was going on Letterman again and would plug the Punch Line.
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