Nintendo slider
n.— «He’s 6-foot-10, has a 97 mph fastball from the side and has a Nintendo slider.» —“Orioles do a shuffle for matchup with Johnson” by David Ginsburg in Seattle, Wash. AP Oct. 1, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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