See drifter on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2009, Aleisha Eagle (lyrics and music), “The Quittin' Kind”, in Neither Here Nor There:",
"text": "There are drifters painting beside you / The don't see the future that I do",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who moves from place to place or job to job."
],
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[
"derogatory",
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],
[
"job",
"job"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"sometimes"
]
},
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim, page 85:",
"text": "In winds above 10 knots we usually run wing-and-wing with our 100 percent lapper set on a whisker pole opposite the mainsail. As the wind drops, we get out the drifter and set it flying to leeward (Fig. 1).",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1999, Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey, Cost Conscious Cruiser: Champagne Cruising on a Beer Budget:",
"text": "After trying a variety of light-wind sails, we've found the most versatile and simple one to be a nylon drifter.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2000, Jim Howard, Charles J. Doane, Handbook of Offshore Cruising, page 178:",
"text": "Some people recommend a medium- to lightweight 140- or 150-percent headsail, and others go for a drifter/reacher.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker."
],
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[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"sail",
"sail"
],
[
"spinnaker",
"spinnaker"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker."
],
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"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
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"English terms with quotations",
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"en:Automotive"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006, Paul Morton, How to Drift: The Art of Oversteer, page 32:",
"text": "However, sensing the available traction may actually be more important to a drifter.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Calvin Wan, Calvin Wan's Drifting Performance Handbook, page 132:",
"text": "For professional drifters looking for even more fine-tuning of their suspension setups, some companies offer more advanced two-way adjustable shocks […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Michael Bender, The Fast, the Fraudulent and the Fatal, page 50:",
"text": "While this method is used by a few drifters in rear-wheel drive cars, this technique is really the only way one can drift in a front-wheel drive car.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires."
],
"links": [
[
"automotive",
"automotive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires."
],
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"automotive",
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"vehicles"
]
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{
"ref": "1948, Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News, volume 75, page 557:",
"text": "As we circled the area, the Dakota appeared and dropped a drifter.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1962, Queen's Medical Magazine, volumes 54-55, page 31:",
"text": "[…] a circling Beverley dropped parachutists in small groups — a few hard words were said about R.A.F. organisation. The time came at last for the first four to get into the balloon car. First out was a drifter — an experienced parachutist who jumps first to assess conditions by allowing himself to drift at random.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine wind direction."
],
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"parachutist",
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"(parachuting) A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine wind direction."
],
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"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"parachuting"
]
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses",
"en:Mining"
],
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"A person employed in driving in rock other than coal."
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"mining",
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[
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"drive"
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[
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"rock"
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[
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]
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"(mining, historical) A person employed in driving in rock other than coal."
],
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"historical"
],
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"business",
"mining"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈdɹɪftə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈdɹɪftɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Herumtreiber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vagabund"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rumtreiber"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "vagabondo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giramondo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "persona alla deriva"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skítnik",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ски́тник"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "kaiparo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "hākoke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "kaewa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "kaipaoe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "kaipāwe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "mōnaroa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "skitnica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "lutalica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "frenter"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trotamundo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vagabundo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of sail",
"word": "drifteri"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "type of sail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiocco"
}
],
"word": "drifter"
}
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"plural"
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"word": "drift fishing"
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{
"word": "drift net"
}
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"categories": [
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],
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"One who takes part in drift fishing."
],
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],
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"drift fishing",
"drift fishing"
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"(fishing) One who takes part in drift fishing."
],
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"fishing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
]
},
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"A boat used for drift fishing."
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"drift fishing"
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],
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"(fishing) A boat used for drift fishing."
],
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"fishing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
]
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"ipa": "/ˈdɹɪftə/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/ˈdɹɪftɚ/",
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