Stoater
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A beautiful girl or woman. Ireland, Scotland, informal
"She was a wee stoater with beautiful ringlets down to her shoulders."
- 2 Anything especially nice. Ireland, Scotland, broadly, informal
"Towards the end perhaps there were slight signs of tiring fingers but there is no doubt that, in the words of the cognoscenti, this was a stoater of a performance."
- 3 A horse that wins against the odds. Ireland, Scotland, informal
"El Hakim's party won a mere trifle, but stood what poor Captain Scott was wont to term "a stoater" on Merlin, a good but uncertain horse, who had "lost" him in the trial at home."
- 4 A severe blow. Ireland, Scotland, informal
"With this, Vinet lent him such a swinging stoater with the pitchfork souse between the neck and the collar of his jerkin, that down fell signor on the ground arsyversy, with his spindle shanks wide straggling over his poll."
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