ˈside-wiper dial. and U.S.
[f. as prec. + wiper.]
1. = prec.
| 1888 J. C. Harris Free Joe 58 Write him a note,..and fling in a kind of side-wiper about New Jersey. 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norf. 94 Sidewiper, a blow on the side of anything with a stick. |
2. U.S. The massasauga, or other rattlesnake of a similar type. Cf. side-winder2.
| 1889 in Cent. Dict. s.v. Crotalophorus. |