Hindu/Hindoo ("do-over")

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This surely comes from the 1950s in NYC, if not earlier. Does anybody have
it?
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(GOOGLE NEWS)
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_This Column, by the Way, Is a 2nd Draft_
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/nyregion/17nyc.html)
New York Times, United States -   <NOBR>Mar
... Small H  hindu meant a do-over. Don't ask about the word's origin.
Haven'ta clue. But you heard it all the time in sidewalk and street ...
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(PROQUEST)
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_Herbie  Cried, 'Hit the Immie and Win 10!'_
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By David B.  Saxe. New York Times (1857-Current file). New  York, N.Y.: Apr
7, 1979. p. 23 (1 page)
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"That was a hindu [do-over]."
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_Notre  Dame Only Played 1 Bad Game_
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George Vecsey.  New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan  3,
1990. p. B9 (1 page)
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This new method of ranking the college teams could be called a "Louie,"  like
the "best-ball" gimmick in a golf foursome or the "do-over" we used to  claim
in sandlot baseball, or what we used to call a "hindoo" when the ball hit  a
nasty crack when me and Julio used to play handball down by the  schoolyard.

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