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Ancient Linesman Departs Following 4 0 Upset

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noun

• Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)

43%8 Foul called by the linesman
adjective

• illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck

41%9 Can also be called a linesman
noun

• a football official who works downfield behind the defensive secondary on the same sideline as the head linesman

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