sandbaggern.

1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 203 Suppose all the men that have been robbed in the past year by cowardly sand~baggers, could have ‘put up their hands’.

1884 Chicago Advance 10 Apr. Not a prize fighter, or street loafer,..or sand-bagger appears among them.

1893 Chicago Tribune 26 Apr. 6/4 One of the Chicago papers recently complained that Illinois had no first-class highwaymen. It must have overlooked the legislative ‘sand-baggers’.

1894 W. T. Stead If Christ came to Chicago 340 The sand-bagger and blackmailer.

1929 C. E. Merriam Chicago 343 A matter to be carefully watched here [in subcommittees of the city council] is room for blackmail, even in the case of worthy measures unless the sandbaggers are offset by those of an opposite persuasion.

1981 P. McCutchan Shard calls Tune xiii. 148 Senglea..had had its quota of sandbaggers once, evil men who lurked upon roofs and swung heavy sandbags to strike sailors on the head so that their pockets could be rifled.

1894 Outing 24 477/2 He..enjoys the sea in every form, whether racing in a sandbagger [etc.].

1940 O. Jacoby On Poker v. 36 In this event the sand~bagger intends to raise.

1950 G. S. Coffin Poker Game Compl. v. 56 We have bet aces up so many times in last position when all checked after the draw, and butted into triplets and sandbaggers.

1965 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 19 Dec. c-7 (heading) Managers look out for ‘sandbaggers’.

1984 Toronto Star 28 Mar. b10/3 At most pro-ams, you hear the word ‘cheat’ throughout the tournament because of sandbaggers. That wasn't the case..last year... The system is ..self-adjusting and that eliminates people who came in with inflated handicaps.

1987 Dirt Bike June 53/2 A great choice for big kids, experts and the local 16-year-old sandbagger trying to get through another season of cherry picking in the mini class.