Lexicographical Neighbors of Sclaffed
Literary usage of Sclaffed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Golf for Beginners--and Others by Marshall Whitlatch (1910)
"Slicing is a fault which can be allowed for, but a missed or topped or sclaffed
ball will effectually put you out of the running. Fundamental in this matter ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"Sometimes a sclaffed ball travels a very long distance, as the club head comes
off the ground in an upward direction, and seems to impart a forward spin to ..."
3. The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon (1908)
"If the shoulder gets in front, a sclaffed ball is almost sure to be the result,
the club coming into contact with the turf much too soon. ..."
4. Practical Golf by Walter J. Travis (1901)
"If, on the other hand, the general run of strokes are sclaffed, the player may
find a remedy by reversing the process and looking squarely at the ball, ..."
5. Practical Golf by Walter J. Travis (1901)
"If, on the other hand, the general run of strokes are sclaffed, the player may
find a remedy by reversing the process and looking squarely at the ball, ..."
6. Hints to Golfers by Charles Stedman Hanks (1902)
"... as it loses its balance, does not keep the same relative position, the ball
will be either heeled or toed, topped or sclaffed, sliced or pulled. ..."
7. Hints to Golfers by Charles Stedman Hanks (1902)
"... as it loses its balance, does not keep the same relative position, the ball
will be either heeled or toed, topped or sclafFed, sliced or pulled. ..."
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