flop, flopping

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Soccer players take dives

In days of yore, it was *boxers* that took dives and movies, plays,
and soccer-players/footballers that flopped.

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