leadswinger

English

Noun

leadswinger (plural leadswingers)

  1. Alternative form of lead swinger
    • 2011, Charles Townshend, Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia, Cambridge, M.A.: Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 302:
      Aside from the problem that some were 'old crocks' and some leadswingers, there was the entirely avoidable problem caused by failure to acclimatise the drafts.
    • 2013, Nicola White, In the Rosary Garden, Glasgow: Cargo Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:
      Murphy was not Swan's first choice of partner for a case like this, or any case. But he was the only other Murder Squad detective available, since all the rest were up in Dundalk for a double shooting. TP was not only a leadswinger and a slipstreamer, he looked like a right throwback too, with those sideburns and aviator specs, not to mention the wide tie just hiding the gaps between his strained shirt buttons.
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