tennessee windage
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Why not assume that a hundred and sixty-seven thousand light-years leaves room for Tennessee windage amounting to only a hair’s breadth of a fraction of one per cent?"
- "1976, Morris L. Bigge, “Describing the Learning Process” in Walter R. Nord (editor), Concepts and Controversy in Organizational Behavior, Pacific Palisades, CA: Goodyear Publishing, 2nd edition, p. 148, To hit a squirrel he had to take wind and distance into consideration and move the rifle away from a line on the target (windward and upward) to give “Tennessee windage” and “Kentucky elevation.”"
Usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Uncountable