Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which thwacks; specifically, a wooden tool used for beating half-dried pantiles into shape. The tiles are then trimmed with a thwacking-knife.
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- noun A person who
strikes ablow with a flat object.
Etymologies
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thwack + -er
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Examples
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And Uruguay's Luis Suarez, who plays the position of "thwacker" or "slacker" or something, used his hands to defeat Ghana and was carried off the field in triumph.
A Modest Proposal for Improving a Dull Game P.J. O'Rourke 2010
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As for the guns of Hernán Cortés and his army, what a terrifying contrast their explosions made with the most sophisticated weapon the Aztecs could deploy - a kind of wooden thwacker with stone teeth embedded down the edge.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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