sidewalk alumni
n.pl.— «Fordham and St. Mary’s, the “Irish” of the east and west coasts, are to meet in their annual football game at the Polo Grounds this afternoon and the sidewalk alumni will be there to the last man.» —“Fordham In Action With One Eye Cocked On Pasadena’s Bowl” by Davis J. Walsh in New York Lincoln Star (Nebraska) Nov. 4, 1933. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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