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Webster 1913 Edition


Sandbagger

Sand′bagˊger

,
Noun.
An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See
Sand bag
, under
Sand
.

Definition 2024


sandbagger

sandbagger

English

Noun

sandbagger (plural sandbaggers)

  1. One who sandbags (misleads about his/her ability level in order to win bets); a hustler.
    • 2008 May 5, Bill Pennington, “Where Fear Laps at Your Ankles”, in New York Times:
      Now I don’t wish ill will on any golfer — well, maybe that one sandbagger in my weekly league — but there’s something about watching players with perfect swings and the utmost talent intimidated by an expanse of water just like the rest of us.