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steelie

1

[ stee-lee ]

noun

  1. a playing marble made of steel.


steelie

2

[ stee-lee ]

noun

Informal.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of steelie1

First recorded in 1920–25; steel + -ie

Origin of steelie2

First recorded in 1920–25; steel(head) + -ie
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Example Sentences

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The former commissioner became known as “Steelie Neelie†for taking on former state-owned energy companies, as well as multinationals including Microsoft.

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Steelie partisans like the corkscrews and loop-the-loops made possible by the coasters’ bent-pipe architecture.

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But the ride has the swiftness and hairpin turns of a steelie.

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But winter-from December to March-is the steelie's time to swing.

Ordinary rainbows generally eat flies; the steelie -assuming it is in the mood-eats hardware: spoons, wobblers, plugs, strings of red beads, or just about anything else an imaginative fisherman happens to tie to his hook.

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