puckster
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puckster — puck·ster … English syllables
puckster — ˈpəkstə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: puck (III) + ster : an ice hockey player … Useful english dictionary
puck — (n.) hockey disk, 1891, possibly from puck (v.) to hit, strike (1861), which perhaps is related to POKE (Cf. poke) via notion of push. Another suggestion traces the noun to Ir. poc bag. Puckster headlinese for ice hockey player is attested from… … Etymology dictionary
