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snowman

[ snoh-man ]

noun

plural snowmen.
  1. a figure of a person made of packed snow.
  2. Slang.
    1. the numeral eight:

      They retired Ripken’s number in 2001, so no Oriole will again wear that snowman on his back.

    2. Golf. a score of eight strokes on any individual hole:

      I blew it on the ninth hole—still can’t believe I made the dreaded snowman.



snowman

/ ˈəʊˌæ /

noun

  1. a figure resembling a man, made of packed snow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of snowman1

First recorded in 1820–30; snow + man
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People snow skiing down Bourbon Street in New Orleans, garbage can lids and plastic baby pools used as makeshift sleds, snowmen on the beach; it was something out of this world.

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Meanwhile, the pub manager has taught Paul Wright, an Australian on a three-week holiday in the UK, how to make his first snowman.

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Comprising of a huge steel structure supporting 2,500 bottles, the eight-foot top hat worn by the snowman towers over the building itself.

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The company also produced a Frozen bundle of brushes in icy, shimmery whites, with sponges shaped like the snowman Olaf.

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Every other element of Christmas is also jacked: the snowmen, the polar bears and even the elves or, rather, the E.L.F.

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