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steelie

1 American  
[stee-lee] / ˈsti li /

noun

  1. a playing marble made of steel.

steelie 2 American  
[stee-lee] / ˈsti li /

noun

Informal.

  1. steelhead.

Etymology

Origin of steelie1

First recorded in 1920–25; steel + -ie

Origin of steelie2

First recorded in 1920–25; steel(head) + -ie

Example Sentences

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But the ride has the swiftness and hairpin turns of a steelie.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2013

It kills me when a guy wants a photo of a 10-pound steelie but doesn�t grab it correctly by the tail.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ordinary rainbows generally eat flies; the steelie -assuming it is in the mood-eats hardware: spoons, wobblers, plugs, strings of red beads, or just about anything else an imaginative fisherman happens to tie to his hook.

From Time Magazine Archive

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