railbird
IPA: rˈeɪɫbɝd
noun
- A rail or similar bird
- (US, slang) A gambler; originally specifically a horseracing enthusiast
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Examples of "railbird" in Sentences
- Numbers don't really convey it, especially if you're not much of a railbird.
- Mansfield was a known railbird, and he'd be glued to the finish line before the first race went off.
- Some railbird satirist near the wire bawled "Go!" as the unspeakable riot swept past in dust-clouds.
- In the course of a mini-monologue, Zito can sound like a railbird who was one unlucky break from cashing a big ticket.
- Morgan Mundane was the street-wise bookie and eternal railbird, all of them springing full-form from the sly mind and mouth of Steve Cannon each weekday afternoon.
- The sport is highly telegenic, and has great cyber-possibilities: it's full of railbird chatter, and handicappers analyze more downloadable data than fantasy-baseball practitioners do.
- The morning of May 12, the first day of the championship, Stuey was little more than a railbird a derogatory term used to describe the brokesters who watch the action from behind the barriers surrounding the tables.
- Pearce's antics have been so offensive, a railbird told our reporter yesterday, that House Republican Leaders are having difficulty filling out the Appropriations Committee roster--expected to be between 15 and 18 members--because a number of members are unwilling to sit on a committee he chairs.
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