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anchorwoman (now there's a term I wouldn't mind learning the etymology of!),
Probably from Tug-of-War, Jackie m'dear. The chaps/chapess' at either end of the rope are called that, presumably because their functiion is to stop the team being dragged forward from their current position.
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