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winger|ˈwɪŋə(r)|
[f. wing n. + -er1.]
1. Naut. A small cask or tank stowed in the wing of a ship's hold (wing n. 9 b (a)).
1794Rigging & Seamanship II. 286 The sides are filled-in with wingers of [? or] small casks. 1815Burney Falconer's Dict. Marine.
2. In Assoc. Football, a player in the (right or left) wing; in Rugby, a forward whose place is on the ‘wing’ in the back row of the scrum. Also in Hockey and Lacrosse, a wing player.
1896Bootle Times 18 Jan. 3/2 Dow making pretty headway and then passing to the left winger. 1903P. Trevor R.U. Football 44 The danger..is that a race of mere ‘shovers’ will succeed a race of ‘wingers’. 1922Daily Mail 15 Dec. 13 No right winger has more visibly impressed me than Sutcliffe this season. 1969West Australian 5 July 32/3 Allowing winger Kaye Olsen to gain position and put Wembley into attack.
3. Naut. slang.
a. A steward.
1929F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 152 Winger, a steward waiting at table, with the class prefixed. 1962Times 26 Apr. 15/2 A winger is a steward on a passenger liner. 1962[see blood n. 15 d].
b. A comrade or friend (see also quot. 1977).
1943Penguin New Writing XVII. 46 He had seen his ‘winger’, his best friend, decapitated. 1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 208 Winger, an assistant or ‘stooge’. The term has displaced ‘raggie’ as a name for a pal. (Navy.) 1957R. Watson-Watt Three Steps to Victory xl. 233 Bickell,..Max's fidus Achates and ‘winger’ in M.A.P. and in the wide circles which rippled..out from that most explosive of Ministries. 1977G. Melly Rum, Bum & Concertina v. 57 The expression ‘winger’ means, at its most innocent, a young seaman who is taken under the wing of a rating or Petty Officer older and more experienced than himself to be shown the ropes.
4. left-winger, right-winger: see left wing, right wing.
Hence ˈwinging vbl. n. (Rugby Football).
1922J. M. B. Scott Rugby Football 72 ‘Winging’..is the most scientific game a forward can play. |