bulger

American  

[buhl-jer] / ˈbʌl dʒər /

noun

Golf.

1. a wood having a convex face, now rarely used.

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Etymology

Origin of bulger

First recorded in 1825–35; bulge + -er ¹

Example Sentences

In this portrait the "bulger" golf club—which Mr. Lamb, I believe, invented, to the delight of the golfing world—is introduced.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 by Furniss, Harry

It was he who invented the "bulger," that club with its convex face, off which the ball flew with a straightness that was a revelation.

From Fifty Years of Golf by Hutchinson, Horace G.

"I fear he doesn't know a bulger from a baffy," he added sorrowfully.

From The Half-Back by Barbour, Ralph Henry

Instead of being concave, after much battering, the face of the bulger became merely flat.

From Fifty Years of Golf by Hutchinson, Horace G.