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slip steward

slip steward noun: in coursing or greyhound racing, an official who ensures the dogs are properly kept in slips (collars that allow quick release).

Noun

slip steward (plural slip stewards)

  1. In coursing or greyhound racing, an official who ensures the dogs are properly kept in slips (collars that allow quick release).
    • There was a coursing club, of which my husband was slip-steward and a most devoted adherent to the sport.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 133

Forms of slip steward

pluralslip stewards

Questions about slip steward

What does slip steward mean?
Slip steward means in coursing or greyhound racing, an official who ensures the dogs are properly kept in slips (collars that allow quick release).
What part of speech is slip steward?
Slip steward is a noun.
What is the plural of slip steward?
The plural of slip steward is slip stewards.

Words near slip steward in the dictionary

  1. slip sheet paper
  2. slip sheets
  3. Slip Slop Slap
  4. slip someone a length
  5. slip someone's mind
  6. slip steward
  7. slip stewards
  8. slip stitch
  9. slip stitches
  10. slip the cable
  11. slip through

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