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Stung by defeat, the haughty Austrian team benched famed Karl Schranz, 21, and Anderl Molterer, 28, the sleek playboy who was gamboling away his off hours in nearby Crystal Bay.

From Time Magazine Archive

In one instant he was out of his night-gown, in another he was on the bulwark, in a third he was gamboling luxuriously in sixty fathoms of salt-water.

From Miss or Mrs? by Collins, Wilkie

Their lost lamb was gamboling in blessed pastures.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

A little lamb was gamboling, Upon a pleasant day, And four grey wolves came shambling, And stopped to see it play In the sun.

From Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk by Pyle, Howard

He had gone perhaps fifty yards when Lass was gamboling merrily around his feet.

From Bruce by Terhune, Albert Payson