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slip stewards

slip stewards is the plural of slip steward.

Meaning of slip steward

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

Questions about slip stewards

What is slip stewards the plural of?
Slip stewards is the plural of slip steward.

Words near slip stewards in the dictionary

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

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