Spanish athlete

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Spanish athlete (plural Spanish athletes)

  1. (euphemistic) bullshitter
    • 1911, National Lime Association, Transactions of the Annual Meeting, page 154:
      We were both Spanish athletes— the Spanish athlete, you know, is the man who throws the bull.
    • 1916, Rock Island Employes' Magazine, page 27:
      Apparently there is little hope for this "Spanish Athlete," but the following suggestions are appropriate if he and a few others will only give ear and mind
    • 1923, Sheet Metal Workers' Journal, page 24:
      Woman, lovely woman, invariably favors all athletes, with the possible exception of the type known as the Spanish athlete, more commonly referred to as the bull-thrower.
    • 1932, Stevens Indicator, page 157:
      Al, you will recall, was quite a Spanish athlete.
    • 2005, Reinhold Aman, Maledicta, page 14:
      He is throwing the bull (or is a Spanish athlete)