dormy — ozdic

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DORMY + NOUN

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PREP.

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Definitions

adj

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Alternative form of dormie.

Encyclopaedia of Sport A player who is dormy cannot be beaten, and at the worst must halve the match.

1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 110. I could see that Hemingway, confident that he would be dormy one, was a good deal shaken at coming to the eighteenth all square.

noun

1

A dormitory.

She called to Julian as he went to the boys' dormitory. 'Julian! See if Patrick is in your dormy.'

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Synonyms

adjective — in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as ther

dormie

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Encyclopaedia of Sport A player who is dormy cannot be beaten, and at the worst must halve the match.

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1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 110. I could see that Hemingway, confident that he would be dormy one, was a good deal shaken at coming to the eighteent

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She called to Julian as he went to the boys' dormitory. 'Julian! See if Patrick is in your dormy.'

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, dormy is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.