snowman

snow +‎ -man

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsnəʊ.mæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsnoʊ.mæn/

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snowman (plural snowmen)

1. A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).
2. (slang) A playing card with the rank of eight.
3. (golf) A score of eight on a single hole.
4. An attractive but heartless man (similar to ice queen).
   • 1961, John D. Loudermilk in the song "The Great Snowman"

     A few years ago there lived a lover By the name of Jimmy Jones Who really snowed the girls and left them cold And gained the title of 'The Great Snowman'.

• snow figure, snowperson

• abominable snowman
• snowman abnormality
• snowman sign

• snow angel

• iceman
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• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN