slapper
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing slapper
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Kraken video coach Ohashi and assistant Morgan had done double takes 17 seconds prior when the Colorado Avalanche made their initial zone entry ahead of Nathan MacKinnon’s tying slapper.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023
“The Adam Henrique slapper from the blue line, it’s electric.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Nylander made it 2-0 about nine minutes later, beating Samsonov with a slapper from above the right circle.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022
He even got a one-timed slapper off on the ensuing power play, but Dan Vladar – who’d replaced Jacob Markstrom to start the third – got in front of the shot.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2022
"I'll be fried like a slapper on the devil's griddle ef I don't tell right," whined Cy James, zealously.
From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by Townsend, George Alfred
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