Talk:line-licker
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This word is used by tennis commenters sometimes. Is it attestable? Per utramque cavernam 18:05, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- All I could find was [this] (search on the page for "line licker"). Kiwima (talk) 00:01, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
- What is the meaning? I would assume it might be a ball that lands very close to a "line" on the court (so that it's hard to tell whether it's "in" or "out") but I know almost nothing about tennis. It sounds idiomatic if you can cite it; "licker" is not usually used to describe something at a short distance. Equinox ◑ 00:04, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
- Compare with window licker, which omits to say how the term arose. DonnanZ (talk) 10:13, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
- "Licker" was probably chosen because of alliteration. Chuck Entz (talk) 13:43, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
RFV-failed -- Not enough citations found, and those that were found were not on permanently archived sources. Kiwima (talk) 23:43, 29 September 2018 (UTC)