stingaree U.S. and Austral.
(ˌstɪŋgəˈriː, ˈstɪŋgəriː)
[Corrupt f. sting-ray.]
A sting-ray, esp. Trygon centrura (Dasyatis centrurus).
| 1838 Papers Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1922) II. 87 To crown the whole Sergeant Bryant was cut on the foot with an oyster shell, and Mr. Edington was stung by a Stingaree. 1859 Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 451. 1871 Field 25 Nov. 457/2 The spear of the stingaree. 1882 Jordan & Gilbert Syn. Fishes N. Amer. 47 Dasyatis centrurus, Common Sting Ray; Clam Cracker; Stingaree. 1887 H. W. Daly S. Australia 330 Sharks, stingarees,..you see swimming about. |
Hence stingareeing vbl. n., the sport of catching stingarees.
| c 1870 G. H. Kingsley Sport & Trav. iii. (1900) 57, I confess that I love ‘stingareeing’ for its own sake, as a sport. 1871 Field 25 Nov. 457/2 Few [sports] beat our afternoon's stingareeing! |