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Tennessee windage

Tennessee windage noun: synonym of Kentucky windage.

Noun

Tennessee windage (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang) Synonym of Kentucky windage.
    • Why not assume that a hundred and sixty-seven thousand light-years leaves room for Tennessee windage amounting to only a hair’s breadth of a fraction of one per cent?1958, Robert Heinlein, chapter 12, in Have Space Suit—Will Travel, New York: Del Rey, page 250
    • To hit a squirrel he had to take wind and distance into consideration and move the rifle away from a line on the target (windward and upward) to give “Tennessee windage” and “Kentucky elevation.”1976, Morris L. Bigge, “Describing the Learning Process” in Walter R. Nord (editor), Concepts and Controversy in Organizational Behavior, Pacific Palisades, CA: Goodyear Publishing, 2nd edition, p....

Synonyms of Tennessee windage

Questions about Tennessee windage

What does Tennessee windage mean?
Tennessee windage means synonym of Kentucky windage.
What part of speech is Tennessee windage?
Tennessee windage is a noun.

Words near Tennessee windage in the dictionary

  1. Tennessee rifles
  2. Tennessee River
  3. Tennessee Valley Indians
  4. Tennessee warbler
  5. Tennessee warblers
  6. Tennessee windage
  7. Tennesseean
  8. Tennesseeans
  9. Tennessees
  10. Tennesseian
  11. Tennesseians

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