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词组 crusher
释义 crusher
noun
  1. in horse racing, a person who works the odds as they shorten AUSTRALIA
    • A crusher’s a bloke who backs a horse at, say, five to one; then lays it in a bookmaker’s bag, at say three to one. Has two points going to nothing. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 59, 1965
    • He could smell trouble before a bet was laid in the shape of a big plunge or a favourite about to blow out the backdoor. He avoided the big punting credit clients and taking bet-back bets from other bookies. The crushers knew better than to try to get on with Duvi. — Clive Galea, Slipper!, p. 26, 1988
  2. a powerful, hard-breaking wave US
    • — John Severson, Modern Surfing Around the World, p. 165, 1964
  3. a police officer UK, 1835
    Now rare.
    • “Look, Mr. Hayatt, I just spent three hours talking to the crushers, and I’m about talked out.” — Malcolm Braly The Protector, p. 131, 1979
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