sclaffer

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English

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Etymology

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sclaff +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsklæfə(ɹ)/, /ˈsklɑːfə(ɹ)/

Noun

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sclaffer (plural sclaffers)

  1. (golf) One who sclaffs.
    • 1887, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, The Art of Golf, page 154:
      At a foot and a half from the hole the clean putter often fails, from incapacity to graduate inches of weakness, whilst the sclaffer succeeds because he is dealing with coarser weight sensitiveness.

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