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bulger|ˈbʌldʒə(r)|
[f. bulge v. + -er1.]
1. (See quot. 1872.) U.S. slang.
1835Crockett Tour 37 We.. soon came in sight of the great city of New York, and a bulger of a place it is. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 587 Bulger,..in the United States generally designates anything very large. ‘That's a bulger of a story.’
2. Golf. A wooden club with a convex face. (Disused.)
1889Sat. Rev. 25 May 622/2 In golf there is little to note beyond the apparition of the Bulger. This club is the invention of a fresh and scientific mind. 1890W. Park, Jun. in Golf 17 Oct. 70/1, I know for a fact, which I can prove, that I invented the bulger..; and I am undoubtedly entitled to the honour of producing the first bulger cleek [read club]. 1907Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 4/2 The ‘bulger’..that club with the round face which was designed as an aid to straightness of hitting, but has now..been quite discarded.
3. (See bulge v. 3 b.) |