| aquaplane | A board which rides on the surface of the water when towed with its rider by a speedboat. Hence v.… | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| back-pack | A pack carried on the back; spec. one consisting of a folded parachute. Also attrib. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| balkiness | The quality of being balky. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| Bermudan | = Bermudian adj. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| bicyclette | The name of an early type of safety bicycle (safety bicycle n. at safety n. 3), produced… | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| centre-boarder | A boat with a centre-board. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| chaparejos | With pl. concord. Var. chaparreras n. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| corking | Unusually fine, large, or excellent; stunning. Also adv. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| Davis | a cup presented by Dwight F. Davis and played for annually by international lawn tennis teams; also, the contest for this cup. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| emphasizer | One who or that which emphasizes. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| flyway | The route taken by birds during migration; also in extended use (see quot. 1948). | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| grainer | One who uses a pronged fish-spear. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| gwan | pronunciation of go on (esp. to go on 12 at go v. 1). | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| hang-over | A thing or person remaining or left over; a remainder or survival, an after-effect. (Later quots. influenced by sense 2.) | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| happenstance | A chance event; a coincidence. Occas. in altered form happenchance n. Also attrib. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| inbound | Bound inward or homeward. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| inshoot | The act of causing the ball to move rapidly inward, as a ball that is pitched with a curve; a ball which moves thus. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| malihini | In Hawaii: a stranger, a newcomer; a beginner, a novice. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| muckerish | Unsportsmanlike. Cf. mucker n. 3b. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| muskie | = muskellunge n. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| palouser | A country person; an inexperienced or ignorant person. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| peltless | Without a pelt; lacking fur. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| play-off | A match or rematch played to decide a draw or tie. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| Pom | A Pomeranian dog. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| put-put | intr. To make a rapid intermittent sound characteristic of a small internal-combustion… | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| reservationist | A person who runs a wildlife or game reservation; an advocate of the establishment of such a reservation. Now rare. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| Rip Van Winkledom | The world of Rip Van Winkle, spec. the Catskill Mountains in New York State (the site of… | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| road racer | A contestant in a road race. Also: a bicycle, vehicle, etc., used in road racing. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| roll-off | Bowling (orig. and chiefly U.S.). A play-off (usually consisting of a single game) held… | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| sereno | A Spanish night-watchman. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| sharpie | = sharp n. 11 (See quots.) U.S. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| snap-back | A centre player; the centre-rusher. ? Obs. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| umpty | An indefinite number, usu. fairly large. (Often used on an analogy with twenty, etc.) Mil. slang. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| unawarded | (un- prefix 8.) | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| unbeatable | (un- prefix 7.) | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| underclub | refl. To select (for oneself) a club which will not satisfactorily strike the ball… | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
