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单词 Casey Stengel
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Casey Stengel

English

Etymology

After the baseball player and manager Casey Stengel, known for his turns of phrase.

Noun

Casey Stengel (plural Casey Stengels)

  1. A person who has a colourful turn of phrase or who engages in rambling monologues.
    • 2014, Linda Carroll, David Rosner, Duel for the Crown: Affirmed, Alydar, and Racing's Greatest Rivalry
      Laz Barrera was such a colorful character that Sports Illustrated dubbed him “the Casey Stengel of the racetracks”—a nod to the engaging way he would hold court like the old Yankee manager beloved for his rambling monologues.
    • 1987, “WALL STREET, NATION LOOKING FOR REASSURANCE”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch:
      "We're willing to talk to the president, but the president is looking to us with a deaf ear," said the Casey Stengel of finance, Dan Rostenkowski
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