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- noun The sport of running on thin, bending ice.
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bestiary commented on the word kittly-benders
slang term for "thin ice" (1872).
July 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the word kittly-benders
also, the sport of running on thin, bending ice.
"Let us not play at kittly-benders", Thoreau, Walden.
July 5, 2009