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sling
noun- a monetary gift or tip AUSTRALIA, 1950
Wilkes records a slightly earlier (1948) variant “sling back”. - Gates will get a man-sized sling from the owners. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 58, 1969
- The owner of the horse was an undertaker by trade and very light with the sling so the jockey decided to put the horse “in the bag”. — Frank Hardy and Athol George Mulley, The Needy and the Greedy, p. 75, 1975
- A “sling” from a grateful owner was always appreciated. — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 49, 1982
- The sling was optional and left to the generosity of the owner. — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 113, 1982
- — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 63, 1988
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 75, 1989
- in horse racing, a gratuity given the jockey and attendants by the owner after a win AUSTRIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 75, 1989
- a bribe or illegal payment AUSTRALIA, 1948
- He’s probably bought the pub with all the slings he’s taken over the years–the prick. — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 5, 1992
▶ beat it for the sling
to fail to appear in court AUSTRALIA- — The (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975
▶ in the sling
said of a woman experiencing her menstrual period US- — American Speech, p. 298, December 1954: ‘The vernacular of menstruation’
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