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Definition of Dormy
1. Adjective. 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"
Definition of Dormy
1. a. Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; -- said of a player or side.
Definition of Dormy
1. dormie [adj] - See also: dormie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dormy
Literary usage of Dormy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Golf Guide Britain & Ireland 2005 by FHG Staff (2005)
"Visitors: welcome weekdays only unless staying in the dormy House. Club has a
dormy House (part of Ashton Hall), single and double rooms with en suite ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"dormy.—One side is said to be " dormy " when it is as many holes to the good as
remain to be played—so that it cannot be beaten. Divot. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"through, till the players (let us suppose) are " dormy " ' three. ... The effects
of 1 dormy means when one party is as many holes ahead as there remain ..."
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