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stoater Racing.|ˈstəʊtə(r)|
[Of obscure origin: ? identical with stoter.]
A heavy stake.
1860Sporting Mag. Nov. 306 Owners back their horses for such ‘stoaters,’..that [etc.]. 1861Ibid. Dec. 448 We did not back her for ‘a stoater,’ or get ‘on’ for ‘a monkey,’ or ‘a century,’ or even wager that one ‘pony’ would win us another. 1862Baily's Mag. Aug. 96 When it was known before starting the sum Lord Portsmouth stood on his filly, there was a perfect furore to back her, as a pony would be ‘a perfect stoater’ for him. |