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Played originally by porpoiselike 250 pounders, it was a game in which quarter was never asked, rarely given.

From Time Magazine Archive

The stately Sylvan seated between the wine-soaked Neuser, the porpoiselike Suter, and the coarse Vehe whose face seemed to consist entirely of underjaw, resembled Orpheus among the beasts.

From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf

Denman, looking closely, saw it appear once on the surface, porpoiselike, before it dived to its indicated depth.

From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan