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floater
noun- a corpse found floating in a body of water US, 1890
- We pulled a floater out of the Quabbin Reservoir a couple years ago, one of the Mackling gang[.] — George V. Higgins, The Judgment of Deke Hunter, p. 7, 1976
- Floater comes up at Waterworks Park, makes your fucking day. — Elmore Leonard, Split Images, pp. 65–66, 1981
- Valentine wouldn’t soon forget the floater call. — Thomas Larry Adcock, Precinct 19, p. 17, 1984
- “What is it, son?” “A floater!” Andy exclaimed. Garcia felt a sour knotting in his gut. Living with a homicide cop had given Donna’s youngsters a gruesome vocabulary. — Carl Hiaasen, Strip Tease, pp. 99–100, 1993
- Another floater. The water was warm enough for the bacteria to have cooked fast, and after several days methane gas had brought it bobbing to the surface, bobbing lazily against the rocks. — Joseph Wambaugh, Floaters, p. 147, 1996
- a particle of food floating in a bottled drink (having been washed into the bottle as it was being drunk from) UK: SCOTLAND
- Okay, ye can get a slug but don’t gie us any a yer floaters. — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, p. 24, 1988
- in circus and carnival usage, a slice of imitation fruit floating on the top of imitation fruit juice US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 96, 1981
- a meat pie served with pea gravy AUSTRALIA, 1915
- South Australians, especially during their short winters, are fond of a thing called a “floater”. — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 61, 1971
- the recreational drug methaqualone, best known as Quaaludes US
- SOUTHERN: [C]hicks love Quaaludes–makes them less self-conscious, I suppose, about fucking. The druggist says it’s a great favorite with hookers. With students and hookers. They must have something in common. BURROUGHS: Intense pain. SOUTHERN: They call them “floaters”–I guess they float above the pain. — Victor Bockris, The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories, p. 35, 1997
- a person who is temporarily assigned to one job or another US, 1909
- I want you as a floater between agencies. — Jame Ellroy, Suicide Hill, p. 666, 1986
- a migratory worker US, 1859
- Don’t want any floaters, anyway. This is a home-town paper for home-town people. — Jim Thompson, Roughneck, p. 113, 1954
- a person who is a poor credit risk because of constantly changing employment US
- — American Speech, p. 312, Autumn-Winter 1975: “The jargon of car salesmen”
- an early release from jail, usually with an order to leave town immediately US, 1914
- The copper agreed to give him a floater [out-of-state probation] for $50, but crossed him after the plea as entered[.] — Charles Hamilton, Men of the Underworld, p. 124, 1952
- When I got a floater out of the state, I planned to ride as far as El Paso. — Nelson Algren, The Neon Wilderness, p. 128, 1960
- Father was released on a “floater” and came for me with chastisement and shame flooding his florid features. — Neal Cassady, The First Third, p. 123, 1971
- a river-rafting enthusiast US
- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 213, 1997
- in the language of wind surfing, a sailboard that can support the weight of a person in the water US
- — Frank Fox, A Beginner’s Guide to Zen and the Art of Windsurfing, p. 151, 1985: “A short dictionary of wind surfing terms”
- a big, buoyant surfboard US
- — John Severson, Modern Surfing Around the World, p. 169, 1964
- a pinball machine which is nearly level, lacking the playfield pitch needed for a good game US
The fact that the playfield is nearly level makes it seem as if the ball floats on the playfield. - — Bobbye Claire Natkin and Steve Kirk, All About Pinball, p. 112, 1977
- in the gambling game two-up, a coin which does not spin properly and so is illegal AUSTRALIA, 1944
- in the television and film industries, a section of set that can be easily replaced UK
- — Oswald Skilbeck, ABC of Film and TV Working Terms, p. 55, 1960
- a mistake UK, 1913
- Not just a floater [a mistake] but a real old-fashioned clangeroo. — Terence Rattigan in introduction to Mander and Mitchenson, Theatrical Companion to Coward, 1957
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