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The 1877 Wimbledon Championship, the world's first lawn tennis tournament, was held in Wimbledon, London, at the renamed All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. The club had introduced lawn tennis in 1875 to compensate for waning interest in croquet, and was organising a tennis tournament to raise money for lawn maintenance equipment. The tournament rules were derived from the first standardised rules of tennis issued by the Marylebone Cricket Club. The Gentlemen's Singles competition, the only event of the championship, was contested on grass courts by 22 players. The final was played on 19 July, in front of a crowd of about 200 people who paid an entry fee of one shilling. Spencer Gore, a 27-year-old rackets player, became the first Wimbledon champion by defeating William Marshall in three straight sets that lasted 48 minutes. He received 12 guineas in prize money and a silver challenge cup, donated by the sports magazine The Field. The tournament made a profit of £10. (Full article...)The page "Snuck" does not exist.
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sneak
snēk/
verb
verb: sneak; 3rd person present: sneaks; past tense: sneaked; past participle: sneaked; past tense: snuck; past participle: snuck; gerund or present participle: sneaking
- 1.move or go in a furtive or stealthy manner.
"I sneaked out by the back exit"
- creep up on (someone) without being detected.
"he sneaks up on us slyly"
noun
informal
noun: sneak; plural noun: sneaks
- 1.a furtive and contemptible person.
"he was branded a prying sneak for eavesdropping on intimate conversation" - 2.North Americanshort for sneaker.
adjective
adjective: sneak
1.
acting or done surreptitiously, unofficially, or without warning.
"a sneak thief"
synonyms: | furtive, secret, stealthy, sly, surreptitious, clandestine, covert
"a sneak attack"
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This belies the question, "Does someone who seaks wear sneakers?"
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