subs. (common).—1. A horse whether good or bad. Also DAISY-KICKER. Fr., un rase-tapis.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1817. SCOTT, Rob Roy, ch. iii. I should like to try that DAISY-CUTTER of yours upon a piece of level road (barring canter) for a quart of claret at the next inn.
1834. W. H. AINSWORTH, Rookwood. Song, ‘The Game of High Toby.’ But what DAISY-CUTTER can match that black tit.
1866. C. READE, Griffith Gaunt, ch. i. Others galloped uselessly about pounding the earth, for DAISY-CUTTERS were few in those days.
2. (cricket).—A ball which travels more than half the ‘pitch” along the ground without rising; a ‘sneak.’ Wykehamicè, ‘a ramrod.’—See GRUB.
