Crossword clues for smoot
smoot
- ___-Hawley Act of 1930
- ___-Hawley Tariff Act
- Hawley-___ Tariff Act
- Utah Senator 1903-33
- Tariff act co-sponsor of 1930
- Reed ___ (first Mormon in the U.S. Senate, 1902)
- Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist George who cameoed on "The Big Bang Theory"
- Mormon leader in U. S. Senate, 1903–33
- Hawley's partner on a 1930 tariff act
- Hawley's colleague
- Hawley tariff twin
- _____-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
- Tariff co-sponsor of 1930
- Hawley's tariff act co-sponsor
- 1930 tariff act co-sponsor
- ___-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
- Utah senator who lent his name to a 1930 tariff act
- Utah senator who co-sponsored a 1930 tariff act
- Utah senator who co-sponsored a tariff act
- Co-author of a 1930 tariff act
- Mormon leader: 1862–1941
- Tariff advocate of 1930's
- 1930 tariff co-author
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context chiefly Greater Boston English) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inch (approximately 1.70 meter). Etymology 2
n. (context British English) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock.
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Location: 42.620784 N, 110.912454 W
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Wikipedia
The smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity prank. It is named after Oliver R. Smoot, a fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha, who in October 1958 lay down repeatedly on the Harvard Bridge (between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts) so that his fraternity brothers could use his height to measure the length of the bridge.
A smoot is a jocular unit of measurement equal to 5 feet, 7 inches.
Smoot or Smoots may also refer to:
Usage examples of "smoot".
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Invisible Government, by Dan Smoot This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
Tammy Terrill complained to her news director, Clyde Smoot, over the din of Manhattan traffic blare and squeal coming through the office window.
Husky pup, Smoot, rolled over on her back in the back seat of the Jeep and started snoring, deep in contented sleep.
Ben poured another cup of coffee, petted Smoot, who was laying on the desk, and waited it out.
Born Beatrice Smoot Friarly, Easter Sunday, 1925, in New Canaan, Massachusetts.
Clarence Smoot muttered, loud enough for Mary but not for the matron to hear.
So Father Jordan Smoot, a longtime friend of Sy Marcus, had been obtained for this occasion.
After Father Smoot ended his brief generic eulogy, in which he had referred to Janet as kind and giving, a good wife, and a fine and loving daughter, he cleared his throat roughly and pushed his glasses up on his nose.
Smoot is a measurement using the body of Oliver Reed Smoot, who wasfive feet seven inches.
It is said that some MIT students once measured it by repeatedly placing an undergraduate named Smoot on the ground and marking off his length.
Every six feet or so there is still the indication of one smoot, two smoots, painted on the pavement.
It exploded out of the mouth of Sonny Smoot, along with a yellowish red spittle, because when he felt uneasy Sonny liked to gnaw on the toilet bowl despite the fact that his tooth enamel always came out second best.
Sam Smoot, your hero, is finally coming to terms with his heroin addiction.
And according to Junior Smoots and Hans Viorst, five to six days to make the trip upriver at this time of year.
Het lukte hem het ding opmerkelijk goed op te vouwen voordat hij het op de stapel in de mand smeet.