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saddle
noun- in trucking, the driver’s seat US
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 135, 1971
- in a group of trucks travelling down the motorway together, the truck in the middle US
- — Wayne Floyd, Jason’s Authentic Dictionary of CB Slang, p. 26, 1976
- a two-part bet in an illegal numbers gambling lottery US
- — American Speech, p. 193, October 1949
▶ in the saddle- engaged in sexual intercourse US, 1979
The term enjoyed widespread popularity in the US during discussions of the 1979 death of former Vice President and New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. - Both celebrities lived just long enough to realize a traditional American male fantasy—they “died in the saddle.” — Allan Sherman, The Rape of the APE, p. 202, 1973
- The medical literature on sudden, heart-attack death shows that a demise “in the saddle” is very unlikely. — Maledicta, p. 59, 1979
- Didn’t women have to wait six weeks before you could get back into the saddle? — Odie Hawkins, Black Casanova, p. 188, 1984
- He either had a heart attack in the saddle and she had to take him to Charity, or he pulled out. — Elmore Leonard, Bandits, p. 338, 1987
- No old guy has looked this sturdy since Nelson Rockefeller. If you recall, Nelson died in the saddle–he didn’t need any damn Viagra. — New York Observer, 11 January 1999
- in control US
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 184, 1950
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