Snowman

Definitions

1. A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).
2. A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).
3. A playing card with the rank of eight.
   slang
4. An attractive but heartless man.
   rare

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Examples

“[The Angels] dropped a snowman early on us [Saturday] and we built a snowman early too.”

“"Then they dropped a snowman (8) on us and did it pretty quick," Narron said. "Then Stone had to stay⟳ out there and suck⟳ it up for us […]"”

“For me, another blow-up score⟳ of a snowman, 8, seems about right on this hole.”

“A few years ago there lived a lover By the name⟳ of Jimmy Jones Who really snowed the girls and left them cold And gained the title of "The Great Snowman".”

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