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Spanish athlete en · NOUN

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1. (euphemistic) A bullshitter.
   • He is throwing the bull (or is a Spanish athlete) 2005, Reinhold Aman, Maledicta, page 14:
   • Al, you will recall, was quite a Spanish athlete. 1932, Stevens Indicator, page 157:
   • 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. 1923, Sheet Metal Workers' Journal, page 24:
   • We were both Spanish athletes— the Spanish athlete, you know, is the man who throws the bull. 1911, National Lime Association, Transactions of the Annual Meeting, page 154:
   • 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 1916, Rock Island Employes' Magazine, page 27:

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