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galloping ghost

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Grange

[greynj]
–noun
Harold (“Red”; “the Galloping Ghost”), 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
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grange 
c.1112 (implied in granger), "granary, barn," from O.Fr. grange, from M.L. granica, from L. granum "grain." Sense evolved to "outlying farm" (c.1386), then "country house" (1552). Meaning "local lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry" (a U.S. agricultural interest promotion organization) is from 1867.
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