new shooter n.— «It was a new race over a new track, and there were several new shooters trying to knock him off. But none of Pulpit’s potential problems materialized. It was as if divine intervention was bestowed upon the colt, who...
smoker’s face n.— «The doctor could tell the patient had once been an attractive woman. But now, though only in her 50’s, her face was etched with wrinkles, her features gaunt-looking with prominent underlying bones and her skin shriveled...
refouler n.— «Furthermore, Haynes stated that the U.S. does not “expel, return (’refouler’) or extradite individuals to other countries where the U.S. believes it is ‘more likely than not’ they will be tortured.”» —“HUman...
dry drunk n.— «A non-alcoholic drunk—a person intoxicated with his own abstiencne—was described here yesterday at a medical meeting.—Dr. Curtis T. Prout labeled such a person a “dry drunk.”—The “dry drunk” was...
d.n.f
adj.— «[boat-racing scores:] D.G. Millar, d.n.f.» —“Race Week Starts at Larchmont Y.C.” by James Robbins New York Times July 29, 1943. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
politicide n.— «Rabbi Alexand M. Schindler…said that the Arab and third-world nations voting for the resolution “made a fateful and ominous decision to take the road of rhetoric, politicide and bigotry rather than the road of...