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stingaree U.S. and Austral.|ˌstɪŋgəˈriː, ˈstɪŋgəriː|
[Corrupt f. sting-ray.]
A sting-ray, esp. Trygon centrura (Dasyatis centrurus).
1838Papers Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1922) II. 87 To crown the whole Sergeant Bryant was cut on the foot with an oyster shell, and Mr. Edington was stung by a Stingaree. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 451. 1871 Field 25 Nov. 457/2 The spear of the stingaree. 1882Jordan & Gilbert Syn. Fishes N. Amer. 47 Dasyatis centrurus, Common Sting Ray; Clam Cracker; Stingaree. 1887H. W. Daly S. Australia 330 Sharks, stingarees,..you see swimming about.
Hence stingareeing vbl. n., the sport of catching stingarees.
c1870G. H. Kingsley Sport & Trav. iii. (1900) 57, I confess that I love ‘stingareeing’ for its own sake, as a sport. 1871Field 25 Nov. 457/2 Few [sports] beat our afternoon's stingareeing! |