Meaning of Corinthian spirit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An especially high standard of sportsmanship.
   countable, uncountable
2. Amateurism, originally in yachting.
   countable, dated, uncountable

Examples

“Another thing the Association fostered, he thought, was the Old Boy spirit -- the Corinthian spirit -- and one way in which that was done was through sport.”

“It would be an injustice, however, to regard Pegasus as simply a late flowering of the Corinthian spirit, a throwback to an era of elite amateurism”

“[A] farmer living on Lake Ontario ... was seized with the Corinthian spirit after reading some articles on boating. The farmer wrote: A neighbor and myself built a boat for instruction and amusement ...”

“An enthusiastic yachtsman, he, in true Corinthian spirit, worked his little craft himself ...”

“In the clubs interest in boxing for money seems almost dead. The army boxing contests are keenly followed, so are those of those of the universities and public schools, but the old Corinthian spirit has dropped many degrees in the social scale.”

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