daisy-cutter

[ dey-zee-kuht-er ]

/ ˈdeɪ ziˌkʌt ər /

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noun

Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.

Military Slang. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb.

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Origin of daisy-cutter

First recorded in 1785–95

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How to use daisy-cutter in a sentence

Even the valor of tragedy is denied to Daisy, “a woman born with a voice that lacks a tragic register.”
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Then Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, made a bad batch of vaccine, and 40,000 children were sickened with polio.
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The ad begins with a young girl counting the petals she is pulling off a daisy.
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The odd (though beautiful) pair here is Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who were a hit on the vaudeville circuit.
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A helping of free PR, all while skillfully avoiding the exorbitant day rate of British fashion model Daisy Lowe.
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You would think the poor teacher would be driven crazy, but he seems as calm as a daisy in a June breeze.
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At length, it was proposed by Dan Tyron to send for the stone cutter, and get him to cut them out of the wall with a chisel.
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"Daisy—papa's Daisy—your vows are made," whispered Ethel, gaining sole possession of the babe for a minute.
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With such an assembly at hand the time was ripe for selling Daisy-Jewel to the highest bidder.
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I lay on the grass in the cloisters, and the Daisy Chain hung from the sky, and was drawing me upwards.
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British Dictionary definitions for daisy-cutter

daisy cutter

noun

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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