daisy-cutter
Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
Military Slang. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb.
Origin of daisy-cutter
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How to use daisy-cutter in a sentence
Since making this movie, my favorite has been a beer called Daisy Cutter from Chicago.
Olivia Wilde on ‘Drinking Buddies,’ Skinny-Dipping, Booze, and More | Marlow Stern | August 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis action is easy and graceful, a regular daisy cutter, and from his style and carriage must go a distance of ground.
History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 | John Lawrence O'ConnorThus the Daisy Cutter and his vagaries became a proverb in Birmingham.
Geoffery Gambado | William Henry BunburyI have a mare exactly of that kind, and we call her the Daisy Cutter.
Geoffery Gambado | William Henry BunburyStone started it again with a cracking two-bagger, and, when Eliot poked a daisy cutter into right, Ben scored on it.
Rival Pitchers of Oakdale | Morgan Scott
Merriwell hit it, and sent a "daisy cutter" down into right field, exactly where he wished to place it.
Frank Merriwell at Yale | Burt L. Standish
British Dictionary definitions for daisy cutter
soccer a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
cricket a ball bowled, kicked, or hit so that it rolls along the ground
a powerful bomb with a huge blast effect
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