noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who sideswipes.
2. 2
   A type of telegraph key, similar to a straight (pump) key, but whose keying action is in a side-to-side, rather than an up-and-down, motion.

Etymology

From sideswipe + -er.

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