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weadle

weadle  v.— «Blow changed his name, and Douglas Wead didn’t, but soon he may want to, if current reactions keep up. To “weadle” may soon enter the lexicon as meaning betraying an unknowing party by recording words meant for a...

cutie

cutie  n.— «Prize-ring cuties are boxers who pay far less attention to inflicting damage on their opponents than to protecting themselves. Some of our most successful fisticuffians have been cuties, cuties who have outfumbled good opponent...

cutie-pie

cutie-pie  n.— «“Guys all want to be punchers now, not boxers. People are calling them cutie-pies, and it’s because they’re emulating guys they see in the ring as pros.”…He doesn’t want his boxers putting themselves at a...

cutie

cutie  n.— «“Duane is better every time, with a fighter, than with a cutie, but they make him look bad.” Futch was reminded that Norton has other skills than being a fighter and, if he is not quite a cutie, he can box.» —“Bobick...

jump-out

jump-out  n.— «“When they play the games, it’s ‘We’ll be the hustlers, you be the jump-outs.’”» —“Learning to Play the Drug Game; District Youngsters Emulating Adults in Make-Believe Deals” by Rene...

jump-out boys

jump-out boys  n.— «The department’s tactical unit, known as the “jump-out boys,” has met with flying debris when officers swoop in.» —“Caught in Drug Cross Fire” by Kent Jenkins Jr. Washington...