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Frisbee, frisbee|ˈfrɪzbɪ|
Also frisby.
[See quot. 1970.]
The proprietary name of a concave plastic disc which spins when thrown into the air and is used in a catching game.
1957Newsweek 8 July 85 The object of the game is simply for one player to toss the Frisbee, or disk, into the air and try to keep it from his opponent's grasp. 1959Official Gaz. (U.S. Pat. Office) 26 May TM 168/2 Frisbee. 679,186. Wham-O Mfg. Co. For: Toy Flying Saucers for Toss Games in Class 22. 1967Wanganui (N.Z.) Photo News 11 Feb. 35 Frisbees are plastic dishes which perform all manner of gyrations when tossed in the air. 1969Guardian 5 July 9/2 The frisbee..is a plastic disc about the size of a frying pan that in the hands of the experts out boomerangs the boomerang. 1970Sports Illustrated 3 Aug. 48/1 Thirteen years ago the Wham-O Manufacturing Company of San Gabriel, Calif...brought out the first Frisbee. Wham-O purchased the rights from a Los Angeles building inspector named Fred Morrison, who in turn had been inspired by the airworthy pie tins of the Frisbie bakery in Bridgeport, Conn. (which went out of business in March of 1958). He changed the spelling to avoid legal problems. 1971Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 27 June 6/3 Gunny-sacked racers hobble about and frisbee circles form. |