steelie

¹ American  

[stee-lee] / ˈsti li /

noun

1. a playing marble made of steel.

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steelie ² American  

[stee-lee] / ˈsti li /

noun

Informal.

1. steelhead.

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Etymology

Origin of steelie¹

First recorded in 1920–25; steel + -ie

Origin of steelie²

First recorded in 1920–25; steel(head) + -ie

Example Sentences

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steelie

But the ride has the swiftness and hairpin turns of a steelie.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2013

Ordinary rainbows generally eat flies; the steelie -assuming it is in the mood-eats hardware: spoons, wobblers, plugs, strings of red beads, or just about anything else an imaginative fisherman happens to tie to his hook.

From Time Magazine Archive