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dormy

WordNet
  1. (adj) dormy
    in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played "he was dormie three and still lost the match"
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. dormy
    In golf, noting the condition of a player when he is as many holes ahead of his opponent as there remain holes to be played.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Dormy
    dor′mi a term applied to one player at golf, when he is as many holes ahead as there remain holes to be played.
Usage in the news

Dormie Club Raises Research Monies. thepilot.com

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Usage in literature

Ho Saint Siobe, cap de Gascoigne, ta pla dormy jou, quand aquoest taquain me bingut estee. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete." by Francois Rabelais

It was a very cheerful little party dining that night at the Dormy House Club. "The Kingdom of the Blind" by E. Phillips Oppenheim

We've been down at the Dormy House at Brancaster and he's as right as a trivet now. "The Evil Shepherd" by E. Phillips Oppenheim

It was Dormy Jamais, the man who never slept. "The Battle Of The Strong, Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms" by Gilbert Parker

Anstataux kusxi nokte sur lito aux almenaux sur mola tapisxo, li ecx dormis en tiu barelo. "A Complete Grammar of Esperanto" by Ivy Kellerman Reed

Ho Saint Siobe, cap de Gascoigne, ta pla dormy jou, quand aquoest taquain me bingut estee. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III." by Francois Rabelais

Dormi, dormi, o fantolin. "Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan" by Clement A. Miles

He suffered just as Dormy does. "Andiron Tales" by John Kendrick Bangs

Don't try experimental shots on a new system when your opponent is dormy. "The Complete Golfer [1905]" by Harry Vardon

Benedic, Domine, hoc cubiculum, respice, quinon dormis neque dormitas. "Folk-lore of Shakespeare" by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

Usage in poetry
Doar izvoarele suspinã,
Pe când codrul negru tace;
Dorm si florile-n grãdinã -
Dormi în pace!