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Slider

noun

A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction. Synonyms: skidder, slipper.

Someone who races the luge. Synonym: luger.

Freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets. Synonyms: Pseudemys scripta, yellow-bellied terrapin.

A fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown.

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"Slider" Quotes from Famous Books

... formed, however, Walter or Carrie would cry out, "What, getting tired already! You are not half a slider." ...

— Jessie Carlton - The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the - Wizard, and Conquered Him • Francis Forrester

... of their courtly graces, to meet the scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian, who, whilst he is receiving their homage, is measuring them with his eye, and fitting to their size the slider of his guillotine! These ambassadors may easily return as good courtiers as they went; but can they ever return from that degrading residence, loyal and faithful subjects; or with any true affection ...

— Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke. • Edmund Burke

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