drag flicker
n.— «The Indian hockey team today suffered a serious setback ahead of their World Cup preparation, when penalty corner specialist Sandeep Singh was “accidentally” shot in the back today on board the Delhi bound Shatabdi Express. The ace drag flicker was on his way to Delhi from Chandigarh when the pistol of an ASI of Railway Protection Force went off accidentally near the Kurukshetra railway station.» —“Sandeep Singh shot at” in New Delhi/Chandigarh Statesman (Kolkata, India) Aug. 22, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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