Crossword clues for dormy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dormy \Dor"my\, a. [Origin uncertain.] (Golf) Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; -- said of a player or side.
Note: A player who is dormy can not be beaten, and at the
worst must halve the match.
--Encyc. of Sport.
WordNet
adj. in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played; "he was dormie three and still lost the match" [syn: dormie]
Usage examples of "dormy".
Hidden behind the great chair of the Bailly himself, Dormy Jamais had heard the whole business.
When the French soldiers first entered the Vier Marchi there was Dormy Jamais on the roof of the Cohue Royale, calmly munching his bread.
Dormy had of late haunted the precincts of the Place du Vier Prison, and was the only person besides Maitresse Aimable whom Guida welcomed.
To a cave at this point Dormy Jamais had brought the trembling Olivier Delagarde, unrepenting and peevish, but with a craven fear of the Royal Court and a furious populace quickening his footsteps.
He was a true Jerseyman at heart, and speaking to such as Dormy Jamais he used the homely patois phrases.
You forget that he parted from Sessle on the links in full view of Barnard and Lecky, and spent the evening in the Dormy House.