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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A partner.

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Examples

  • Smoke, listen to your side-kicker an 'leave system alone.

    SHORTY DREAMS 2010

  • As you probably expect by now, there is also a side-kicker with a twist on urbanism.

    Public Art on Sound Transit « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

  • Henry: “Billy was my side-kicker in New York”; in 1906, Helen Green wrote, “The Red Swede … sat over a pint of champagne with Dopey Polly … and his side kick, the Runt.”

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • Henry: “Billy was my side-kicker in New York”; in 1906, Helen Green wrote, “The Red Swede … sat over a pint of champagne with Dopey Polly … and his side kick, the Runt.”

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • I am gettin 'some likely neighbors -- probably the other was his side-kicker, that laughin' devil of a Sakay!

    Terry A Tale of the Hill People Charles Goff Thomson

  • "You're a sassy side-kicker," he observed good-humoredly.

    'Me--Smith' Caroline Lockhart 1916

  • Me an 'my side-kicker was drivin' a bunch of Three Bar beeves to Lazette an 'we was fools enough to run afoul of that quicksand at Double Fork, about five miles down the crick.

    The Boss of the Lazy Y Charles Alden Seltzer 1908

  • "This is my side-kicker over the line that -- you've heard about till you're plumb weary, boys," he announced musically.

    Rowdy of the Cross L B. M. Bower 1905

  • She was Celia's side-kicker and chum, though Aunt Henrietta didn't know it, you may hazard a bean or two.

    Strictly business: more stories of the four million O. Henry 1886

  • "In which case," smiled the unabashed Texan, "I'll delegate the duty to my trustworthy retainer an 'side-kicker, the ubiquitous an' iniquitous

    The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country 1921

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