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Marbles - Motor Sports (gambling) and waterman (iou)


Marbles - Motor Sports (gambling)


Small bits of rubber that have broken off tires during a race. They are usually found in corners and are more likely to gather on the outside of the racing line. If a car drives over the pieces, it tends to lose control, as if it were on a bunch of marbles.

waterman (iou)



waterman noun. Pl. -men. ME.
[from WATER noun + MAN noun.]
A person working on a boat or among boats, esp. a boatman plying for hire on a river etc. Formerly also, a seaman, a mariner. ME.
b. An oarsman or sailor of a specified level of knowledge or skill. E20.
A person employed in the supply or distribution of water. E18.
b. Hist. An attendant at a cab- or coach-stand, occupied primarily in watering the horses. M18.
An imaginary being living in or under water; a merman. M19.
watermanship noun the Art of a waterman, skill in rowing or managing boats etc. L19.