pinsplittern.
/ˈpɪnˌsplɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌsplɪdər/ Bowling and Golf.
A player known for making accurate or powerful shots. Also: an accurate shot; a golf club which is supposed to aid such a shot.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > player > types of
outgoera1382
putter1842
driver1847
approacher1887
brassy player1894
long-handicapper1899
penalty-carrier1908
socketer1912
pinsplitter1916
chipper1923
four-baller1927
hacker1934
shotmaker1974
low-ball hitter1979
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > types of club
play club1685
putting club1690
gentlemen's club1709
putter1783
spoon1790
iron1793
sand-iron1796
whip-club1808
cleek1829
driving putter1833
bunker-iron1857
driver1857
niblick1857
putting iron1857
baffing-spoon1858
mid-spoon1858
short spoon1858
sand-club1873
three-wood1875
long iron1877
driving cleek1881
mashie1881
putting cleek1881
track-iron1883
driving iron1887
lofting-iron1887
baffy1888
brassy1888
bulger1889
lofter1889
lofter1892
jigger1893
driving mashie1894
mid-iron1897
mashie-niblick1907
wood1915
pinsplitter1916
chipper1921
blaster1937
sand-wedge1937
wedge1937
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke
putta1754
like1790
drive1829
tee-shot1850
gobble1857
push shot1865
iron shot1870
push stroke1873
drive-off1884
slice1886
raker1888
foozle1890
hook1890
iron1890
top1890
sclaff1893
brassy shot1894
run1894
chip shot1899
chip1903
pull1903
skimmer1903
draw shot1904
brassy1906
pitch-and-run1908
windcheater1909
air shot1920
chip-in1921
explosion1924
downhiller1925
blast1927
driver1927
shank1927
socket1927
recovery1937
whiff1952
pinsplitter1961
comebacker1965
bump-and-run1981
1916 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 25 Mar. 2/2 Had they all gone as well as the Taylorville pin-splitter, they would have landed up in big money.
1926 Glasgow Herald 26 June 8 Their prowess as ‘par-beaters’ and ‘pin-splitters’.
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1222/1 Pin-splitter, since ca. 1935, predominantly a golf-shot dead on the pin.
2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 20 May 10 This applies whether you're using something popping with diamonds and titanium, or a tired old Pinsplitter retrieved from the attic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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