Christie
(ˈkrɪstɪ)
Also Christy, -i, c-.
Abbrev. of Christiania. Also as v. intr., to make a Christiania swing or turn.
| 1920 A. Lunn Cross-Country Ski-ing iv. 68 There are nine and ninety things Which are nicknamed Christi swings. 1925 Hemingway In our Time (1926) xii. 160 It's a good fast drop with a Christy at the bottom on account of a fence. Ibid. xiii. 161, I was afraid to Christy,..the snow was too deep. 1935 Punch 13 Feb. 176/1 Christiania Turn.—The christie is really a sideways skid. Ibid., Now suppose you were travelling left-handed down and across a slope and Satan promted you to christie to the right. 1938 Times 26 Jan. 15/6 Higher up they are doing ‘snow plough turning’, ‘stem turn’, and ‘Christies’. 1942 R. Peattie Friendly Mts. 300 On the same hill well-to-do brokers, indigent college students, and automobile mechanics..‘christie’ together. |