puck-carrier

[ puhk-kar-ee-er ]

/ ˈpʌkˌkær i ər /

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noun Ice Hockey.

the player who has the puck and moves it along.

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Origin of puck-carrier

First recorded in 1955–60

The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The airplane was owned by an Indonesian budget carrier, Lion Air.
Who Will Get AsiaAir 8501’s Black Boxes?|Clive Irving|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Riffing off the slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly,” the carrier offered no-frills flights that were both cheap and plentiful.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
AirAsia, on the other hand, is a relatively new carrier, an upstart in the tradition of Southwest Airlines in the United States.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The NYPD remained his ultimate goal as he went to work as a carrier for Airborne Express/DHL and then as a school safety officer.
In The Shadow of Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She repeated the brief phrases, as well as she could recall them, to a Eurasian whom she found acting as a water-carrier.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
And the same goes for any other common carrier—the railroads, bus service, and airlines.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Louis the Goon Engel was a mere walk-on in the piece, a spear-carrier doomed to death.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Instead of being a destroyer of merchandise, this new craft was an unarmed carrier of merchandise.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
But it's all right now—they'll throw the letters into the mail-carrier's bag—there'll be many of them—this is general letter day.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman