striker
striker is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A harpoon; also, a harpooner. Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish. Dampier.
- 2.A wencher; a lewd man. [Obs.] Massinger.
- 3.A workman who is on a strike.
- 4.A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought. [Political Cant]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a harpoon; also, a harpooner. Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish. Dampier called?
- What is a wencher; a lewd man. [Obs.] Massinger called?
- What is a blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought. [Political Cant] called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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