Definitions

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  • noun See divot.

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  • noun Alternative form of divot.

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Examples

  • - who called the Sabbath Sunday -- or dropped a "divet" down his chimney was held to be in the right way.

    Auld Licht Idyls 1898

  • "divet" down his chimney was held to be in the right way.

    Auld Licht Idylls 1898

  • They're sturdy, straight, 4 inches wider, less steep the old pitch was 46 degrees and the new pitch is 40ish degrees--you can see the divet in the concrete where the old stairs ended and each tread is 10 inches wide instead of 8 inches.

    June 2009 2009

  • They're sturdy, straight, 4 inches wider, less steep the old pitch was 46 degrees and the new pitch is 40ish degrees--you can see the divet in the concrete where the old stairs ended and each tread is 10 inches wide instead of 8 inches.

    Floor and stairs - And She Knits Too! 2009

  • Author Johnson has correctly placed the divet for which I became riled.

    Archive 2006-06-01 ____Maggie 2006

  • Author Johnson has correctly placed the divet for which I became riled.

    Paid to write that that ____Maggie 2006

  • While walking across the painted floor, there was a divet in the cement that I did not see.

    Reason #5280 My Husband Will Never Make General - SpouseBUZZ 2008

  • The guitar I got you mysteriously got a divet in the neck so I know it was hard to play : But I know there's sentimental value to it that can't be out done.

    To Ukraine and Back Pauly V. 2007

  • Damage limitation defending a 1-0 defeat against a United side who never got out of first gear, hoping for some long shot to hit a divet or something.

    BBC Ouch! Blog BBC Sport 2011

  • Hudson Bay in Canada is basically just a divet where a patch of crust sunk under the weight of a glacier.

    Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2011

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