railbird
Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun A fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track.
Examples
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The sport is highly telegenic, and has great cyber-possibilities: it's full of railbird chatter, and handicappers analyze more downloadable data than fantasy-baseball practitioners do.
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In the course of a mini-monologue, Zito can sound like a railbird who was one unlucky break from cashing a big ticket.
Joe Drape, ‘Preakness and Derby Winners Will Skip Belmont,’ The New York Times, May 16, 2010
Note
This word has the extended meaning of someone watching from ‘outside the rail.’
