Verb (used with object) : to straddle a horse. From Dictionary.com.
The straddler folds, and the first limper who called the straddler's raise calls. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I have an idea that I'm a little bit of a "straddler" as well. From Wordnik.com. [Dissertation Defense - The Verdict Is In] Reference
You talked about being a generation straddler (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2007] Reference
Perhaps the most prominent straddler is Alan Greenspan. From Wordnik.com. [Bottom Dollar] Reference
McCain, on the other hand, is a cowardly fence straddler. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Novak: Powell ‘caustic’ over escalation plans.] Reference
Indeed, he would have looked like a weak-kneed fence straddler. From Wordnik.com. [Latin America] Reference
If the ante be straddled, the player to the left of the straddler. From Wordnik.com. [Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice] Reference
If a covey rose I would load up and pray for a singleton straddler. From Wordnik.com. [Bourjaily on Starter Guns] Reference
Roberta Gellis is a line straddler, but veering slightly more towards romance. From Wordnik.com. [Misleading book covers] Reference
To the traditionalist, a fence-straddler is preferable to someone on the other side. From Wordnik.com. [Living together, having a big wedding.] Reference
Sharon Penman can be viewed as a line straddler I think, although veering towards the straight historical. From Wordnik.com. [Misleading book covers] Reference
Now the first things that come to mind are geography ("Pacific Northwestern" or "Oregonian") and class ("class straddler, " maybe). From Wordnik.com. [What if No One's Watching?: October 2007 Archives] Reference
Straddling the ante gives the straddler (or the last straddler, if there be more than one) the advantage of the last say before the draw. From Wordnik.com. [Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice] Reference
He's a fence-straddler, not willing to destroy his scientific reputation entirely just partially, but ditching science for pseudo-science. From Wordnik.com. [Betroffenheitstroll] Reference
But it must be more difficult to decide on the blurb for a line straddler because you are going to get readers from both sides of that line, and to whom do you appeal?. From Wordnik.com. [Misleading book covers] Reference
That is because the President is by nature a straddler-- he is skimming off the most popular elements of the party's platform and leaving them with the less popular elements. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
That is because the President is by nature a straddler -- he is skimming off the most popular elements of the party's platform and leaving them with the less popular elements. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
(Though Canadian author Will Ferguson insists that the skis story is fiction, certain Canadians of my acquaintance claim first-hand knowledge of similar instances ... as a border-straddler, I'm staying out of this one.). From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
The first thing he knows some straddler swarms him and hangs the spurs in him. From Wordnik.com. [The Settling of the Sage] Reference
Hill described himself as a bit of a "fence-straddler" when it comes to the governor. From Wordnik.com. [The Marietta Times] Reference
However, looking into the history of Kathleen Sebelius, she is anything but an aisle-straddler. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from The Sun] Reference
A profession-straddler, part journalist and part scholar, he has written a book designed to appeal to readers of magazines and monographs alike. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation: Top Stories] Reference
The straddler seeks to match the benefits no to the deodorants and skin softeners that of a successful position while maintaining its many customers desire in their soap. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
TechDirt takes apart the GSM evolution: EDGE has risen in prominence as a 2. 5G / 3G straddler because UMTS isn't here yet and the CDMA-based carriers already have 1x and soon 3x flavors of cell data. From Wordnik.com. [Wi-Fi Networking News] Reference
(or of the last straddler, if there be more than one) has the say. From Wordnik.com. [Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice] Reference
I guess I’m a flip-flopper/straddler… I like to find a balance. From Wordnik.com. [Not Ready to Make Rice Yet: Q&A with an avid not-home cooker] Reference
(or of the last straddler, if there be more than one) shall have first say after the deal, and the last straddler shall have the last say. From Wordnik.com. [Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice] Reference
Can me a straddler. From Wordnik.com. [Can you place yourself in one of these 6 categories of voters?] Reference
Don't be a fence-straddler. From Wordnik.com. [Living together, having a big wedding.] Reference
Obama is a straddler on free trade. From Wordnik.com. [Let's compare the candidates' post-debate ads.] Reference
The last straddler has thus the last say. From Wordnik.com. [Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice] Reference
I will not vote for a fence straddler. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
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