sclaffer

English

Etymology

sclaff +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsklæfə(ɹ)/, /ˈsklɑːfə(ɹ)/

Noun

sclaffer (plural sclaffers)

1. (golf) One who sclaffs.
   • 1887, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, The Art of Golf, page 154:

     At a foot and a half from the hole the clean putter often fails, from incapacity to graduate inches of weakness, whilst the sclaffer succeeds because he is dealing with coarser weight sensitiveness.

Anagrams

• scraffle