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Kicker   Listen
noun
Kicker  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, kicks.
2.
A fact, condition, or circumstance, sometimes concealed or not obvious, which reduces or eliminates the benefit of an apparently advantageous situation; a joker (5); as, under the Soviet system, bread was good and cheap, but the kicker was that you waited in line for hours to get any, if it was available. (informal)
3.
Hence: An unforeseen added expense or additional cost; as, the printer was cheap, but the special paper it needed was an expensive kicker.






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"Kicker" Quotes from Famous Books



... listen to me. I'm not going to use that gun on any stage filled with women, driven by a man seventy years old, but—and I mean it—if you try to stop me, I'll use it on you. I'm going to show you how anyone can bluff a stage full with a pair of tin shears and a red mask for a kicker. And I'll shoot the man that tries to ...
— Ranson's Folly • Richard Harding Davis



Words linked to "Kicker" :   footballer, dropkicker, place-kicker, punter, football player, kick



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