DCHP-2
kicker DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1a n.
a small outboard motor.
See also: kicker engine
- 1928 In such cases the kicker is hung in a hole cut at a proper height in the long overhang of the stern.
- 1963 Travelling down-stream with a good "kicker" (outboard motor) pushing the canoe at a good speed is easy.
1b n.
any gasoline-driven boat-motor of low horsepower.
- 1931 Our "two-sticker with a kicker" lies in Sandy Bay harbour, Nova Scotia, outward bound for Labrador, that terra incognito even to the Maritimers.
2 n.
a boat driven by a kicker (def. la).
See also: kicker (def. 1a)
- 1929 This is the Judge's twelfth trip over the rivers, so he knows the ropes. Seymour appears to understand the "kicker."
- 1947 An isolated sectionman's shack flashes by, or a little lake on which a lonely "kicker" put-puts its way.
- 1963 Crafts in the air and kickers in the water get people long distances in a hurry.
- 1928 In such cases the kicker is hung in a hole cut at a proper height in the long overhang of the stern.